"Application Directory" function vs. "Current VI's Path"

[diarmaede]

Several of the CLD Success Package examples call up files using the "Current VI's Path" function, then a "Strip Path," then a "Build Path."  It seems simpler to use the "Application Directory" function, then a "Build Path."  Is there a reason that people use "Current VI's Path" instead?

Thanks very much.

[crossrulz]

Here are my rules:

For external files (text files, config files, etc) use Application Directory

For dynamically called VIs use Current VI's Path

I use these rules so that the rules do not change when I build an executable.

As far as the exam is concerned, I doubt you would be marked for either solution.