[vbscript] Getting current directory in VBScript

I'm trying to get the current directory and use it to run an application no matter where the file is put and no matter how the path is changed

Dim fso: set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim CurrentDirectory
CurrentDirectory = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".")
Dim Directory
Directory = CurrentDirectory\attribute.exe

Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WinScriptHost.Run Chr(34) & "Directory" & Chr(34), 0
Set WinScriptHost = Nothing

How do I actually set up this code so it does what I want it to do correctly?

'-----Implementation of VB6 App object in VBScript-----
Class clsApplication
    Property Get Path()
          Dim sTmp
          If IsObject(Server) Then
               'Classic ASP
               Path = Server.MapPath("../")
          ElseIf IsObject(WScript) Then 
               'Windows Scripting Host
               Path = Left(WScript.ScriptFullName, InStr(WScript.ScriptFullName, WScript.ScriptName) - 2)
          ElseIf IsObject(window) Then
               'Internet Explorer HTML Application (HTA)
               sTmp = Replace( Replace(Unescape(window.location), "file:///", "") ,"/", "\")
               Path = Left(sTmp, InstrRev( sTmp , "\") - 1)
          End If
    End Property
End Class
Dim App : Set App = New clsApplication 'use as App.Path

You can use WScript.ScriptFullName which will return the full path of the executing script.

You can then use string manipulation (jscript example) :

scriptdir = WScript.ScriptFullName.substring(0,WScript.ScriptFullName.lastIndexOf(WScript.ScriptName)-1)

Or get help from FileSystemObject, (vbscript example) :

scriptdir = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)

Your line

Directory = CurrentDirectory\attribute.exe

does not match any feature I have encountered in a vbscript instruction manual. The following works for me, tho not sure what/where you expect "attribute.exe" to reside.

dim fso
dim curDir
dim WinScriptHost
set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
curDir = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".")
set fso = nothing
Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WinScriptHost.Run curDir & "\testme.bat", 1
set WinScriptHost = nothing

simple:

scriptdir = replace(WScript.ScriptFullName,WScript.ScriptName,"")

Use With in the code.

Try this way :

''''Way 1

currentdir=Left(WScript.ScriptFullName,InStrRev(WScript.ScriptFullName,"\"))


''''Way 2

With CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
CurrentPath=.CurrentDirectory
End With


''''Way 3

With WSH
CD=Replace(.ScriptFullName,.ScriptName,"")
End With

You can use CurrentDirectory property.

Dim WshShell, strCurDir
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strCurDir    = WshShell.CurrentDirectory
WshShell.Run strCurDir & "\attribute.exe", 0
Set WshShell = Nothing

Your problem is not getting the directory (fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".") resolves the current working directory just fine). Even if you wanted the script directory instead of the current working directory, you could easily determine that as Jakob Sternberg described in his answer.

What does not work in your code is building a path from the directory and your executable. This is invalid syntax:

Directory = CurrentDirectory\attribute.exe

If you want to build a path from a variable and a file name, the file name must be specified as a string (or a variable containing a string) and either concatenated with the variable directory variable:

Directory = CurrentDirectory & "\attribute.exe"

or (better) you construct the path using the BuildPath method:

Directory = fso.BuildPath(CurrentDirectory, "attribute.exe")