Leadwerks Using Wrong Working Directory

[gamecreator]

I have the following code:

#include "Leadwerks.h"

using namespace Leadwerks;

int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
	Leadwerks::Window* window = Leadwerks::Window::Create();
	Context* context = Context::Create(window);
	Font* font = context->GetFont();

	while(true)
	{
		if(window->Closed() || window->KeyHit(Key::Escape)) break;

		context->SetColor(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
		context->Clear();

		//  Print argument to console
		if(argc>1) printf("%s\n",argv[1]);

		context->SetBlendMode(Blend::Alpha);
		context->SetColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
		context->DrawText("Hello", 10, 10);
		context->SetBlendMode(Blend::Solid);
		context->Sync();
	}
	return 0;
}

If you run the EXE by itself (or from Visual Studio) or if you drag a file from the same folder as the EXE, it runs as expected.  However, if you drag a file from any other folder, the program fails to load drawtext.shader because it tries to find it in the wrong place.

For example, dragging a file from C:\ says Error: Failed to load shader "C://Shaders/Drawing/drawtext.shader"
Dragging a file from D:\Test folder says Error: Failed to load shader "D:/Test/Shaders/Drawing/drawtext.shader"
etc.
even though the project is in the C:\Users...Documents\Projects\ProjectName folder

Seems like dragging a file onto the EXE shouldn't mess up anything loading.  I could be doing something wrong but this seems like a bug.  I'm on release version.

 

[gamecreator]

argv[0] doesn't seem to change and shows the correct working folder+filename.

I also just dragged a file onto another project EXE I had and it couldn't load a font (the first thing I tried to load in the project) where it works fine otherwise.

[Josh]

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if you drag a file from the same folder as the EXE

???

This is a strange thing to do for a game. I think this is the correct behavior for Windows:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/882850/dragging-files-to-an-exe-sets-different-working-directory

[gamecreator]

Admittedly I'm doing an odder side project more involving Steam than Leadwerks.  I'll see if resetting the working folder will help.

Edit: here's the code to help Leadwerks find the correct paths again:

char buffer[MAX_PATH];

//  Get full path and filename
GetModuleFileName(NULL, buffer, MAX_PATH);

std::string ourpath = buffer;

//  Remove filename from the end of the path
ourpath = ourpath.substr(0, ourpath.find_last_of( "\\/" ));

SetCurrentDirectory(ourpath.c_str());

 

[Josh]

I'm going to say this is not a bug. Please let me know if I am wrong.