Re: Undoing ExtractRelativePath

From: Marc Rohloff (dont_at_mailme.com)
Date: 12/03/03 

Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:00:56 -0500

Steve Moss wrote on 3 Dec 2003 09:18:18 -0700 ...
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> No. Read my message in full, where I said "I presume that if you have a
> relative path then you know what path it
> is relative to (well, if you don't, it's not much use ;-))" Then ...
Assuming is not always a good idea. For example Delphi will store
relative or absolute paths in the .dpr depending. When you read them
back you have to decide what they want.

Also a user can type in any path he likes. You would probably want to
make sure you can handle them sensibly. The way I described is the way
they would work at say a DOS prompt. (OK, So I'm old fashioned)

Also there is a PathCombine API call. I don't know if this handles all
the situations.

Marc Rohloff
marc rohloff at bigfoot dot com

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