[SDL] Loading Resources on Windows

[Micah Brening]

Micah Brening <micah.brening <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I'm running into a stupid problem.  I have a game written in C with SDL.  I'm
> also using SDL_image.
> 
> On Linux, it all runs fine.  On windows, it runs fine if I execute it from 
the
> directory I installed it to.  But if I try to use a link (say from the start
> menu) it fails to load the images which are either in the same directory, or 
in
> a child directory.
> Thanks!
> 
> Micah
> 

Ok, so the mystery deepens.
I ran some basic tests.  simple initalization, set video mode, and load a png 
in the same directory as the executable.  That worked.  Even with a link in 
the start menu.

So now I have two different questions.  Is there something that would make the 
executable think it was in a different directory than where it really is?  And 
second, is there a simple way of getting the current working directory that 
the executable THINKS it is running from?

Sorry if this is a beginner question.

Thanks for any assistance!

Micah