In Visual Basic .NET, you can use the Application.StartupPath property to get the directory path of the application that is currently executing. Here is an example:
Dim appPath As String = Application.StartupPath
Console.WriteLine(appPath)
This will print the directory path of the application to the console.
Alternatively, you can use the System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName method to get the directory path of a specific file. Here is an example:
Dim filePath As String = "C:\Temp\example.txt"
Dim dirPath As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath)
Console.WriteLine(dirPath)
This will print the directory path of the example.txt file to the console.
It's important to note that both Application.StartupPath and Path.GetDirectoryName return the directory path as a string, so you can use it in your code as needed.