Hi,

hconnery@stny.rr.com writes:

I am doing a remote start of GIMP for Windows from a Visual Basic 6 application. that looks something like this:

response = Shell("C:\Program Files\GIMP\bin\gimp.exe C:\ImpImages\Main.SelectedImage")

Once GIMP is up and running I make a copy of the specified image and do some other stuff to it. The problem is, when I do a "Save As", the default directory in the "Save Image" dialog box does not always refer to the directory that the original image is located in. Instead it refers to the directory where the Visual Basic Application is running from.

Is there some way to force the default directory to be the same as the directory I specified when remote starting GIMP?

yes, change to the desired default directory before you start GIMP.

Salut, Sven

I am doing a remote start of GIMP for Windows from a Visual Basic 6 application. that looks something like this:

response = Shell("C:\Program Files\GIMP\bin\gimp.exe C:\ImpImages\Main.SelectedImage")

Is there some way to force the default directory to be the same as the directory I specified when remote starting GIMP?

Umm, call whatever is Visual Basic's equivalent to chdir() before that Shell() call? (And chdir() back to where you are afterwards, if necessary.)

--tml

hconnery@stny.rr.com writes:
> response = Shell("C:\Program Files\GIMP\bin\gimp.exe C:\ImpImages\Main.SelectedImage")

> Is there some way to force the default directory to be the same as > the directory I specified when remote starting GIMP?

(Didn't I already send a reply to this message to the list? I thought I did but apparently not...)

Why don't you simply call the VB equivalent to chdir() before calling Shell()? (And perhaps chdir() back to where you were afterwards, if necessary.)

--tml