Project (bin) folder path at compile time?

Question

Is there a way to find out the project path at compile time?

I want to create a unit test that tests if the configurartion in the default web.config (the one in the

Answer 1

If you want the Visual Studio project path, at compile time, you could use a Pre-Build Event (see the Project Properties dialog) to run a command line that will create a source file used in your project.

The source file will contain some code, say a variable definition. Your testing code uses this variable. The value of the variable will come from VS; when it runs your Pre-Build Event command, it substitutes project properties for certain macros. The macro you want is probably ProjectDir.

So in the end, you have something like this for your Pre-Build Event's command:

echo 'const char * PROJECT_PATH = "$(ProjectDir)";' > source.cpp

Not sure what language you're using, so adjust accordingly.