Executable name

[Aryeh Katz]

How can I determine the full name of a c# executable, like the c
GetModuleFileName?
Thanks.
Aryeh

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Aryeh,

On the Assembly class, there is a Location property you can use to get
the location of the assembly. Now, to get the assembly to get the property
of, you can use the static GetExecutingAssembly, which will give you the
assembly of the code that called it, or you can use the static
GetEntryAssembly method, which will return the assembly that is the entry
point. For most applications, this assembly is the executable which was
launched.

Hope this helps.

 

[Aryeh Katz]

Aryeh,

On the Assembly class, there is a Location property you can use to get
the location of the assembly. Now, to get the assembly to get the property
of, you can use the static GetExecutingAssembly, which will give you the
assembly of the code that called it, or you can use the static
GetEntryAssembly method, which will return the assembly that is the entry
point. For most applications, this assembly is the executable which was
launched.

Thanks, this is exactly what I need.
Out of curiousity, do you happen to know if the performance is better for
GetExectuingAssembly().Location or
using PInvoke on GetModuleFileName ?
Aryeh

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Aryeh,

I don't think that GetModuleFileName will give you the results that you
want. That is for DLLs that are native code, not necessarily managed code.

 

[Aryeh Katz]

Aryeh,

I don't think that GetModuleFileName will give you the results that you
want. That is for DLLs that are native code, not necessarily managed code.

I guess what you're saying makes sense.
Thanks.
Aryeh