GetModuleFileName not returning Path

Question

I'm trying to get the current directory under win7 with VS c++ but

TCHAR pBuf[MAX_PATH];
int bytes = GetModuleFileName(NULL, pBuf, MAX_PATH);
std::cout << bytes << "   " << pBuf << "   " <<   GetLastError() << std::endl;

returns length 58 and what I believe to be a pointer in pBuf pointing to 68. Errorcode is 0.

Thank you!

If you want the above program should run then the change the character set in VS to multibyte. — Sumeet, Dec 31 '13 at 09:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '13 at 09:45

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Your << operator does not accept const TCHAR* as a string argument, and you have it printed out as a generic pointer.

One of the ways to fix the problem is to use A version of the API (CHAR buffer and GetModuleFileNameA function):

CHAR pBuf[MAX_PATH];
int bytes = GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, pBuf, MAX_PATH);
std::cout << bytes << "   " << pBuf << "   " <<   GetLastError() << std::endl;

answered Dec 31 '13 at 09:45

Roman R.

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Thank you. I ended up converting pBuf to char* via wcstombs_s since i just wanted to open a file. – user3049681 Dec 31 '13 at 09:53

GetModuleFileName not returning Path

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