Get Temp Directory 1

[Michael42]

Hello,

In VB5 I need to be able to determine the current users temp directory (full path) in Win9x\2k\XP.

What is the best way to get this?

Thanks,

Michael42

 

[ADoozer]

have a look at the gettemppath API call

Declare Function GetTempPath Lib "Kernel32" _
Alias "GetTempPathA" ( _
ByVal nBufferLength As Long, _
ByVal lpBuffer As String _
) As Long

i believe it works on all windows OS's (but not 100% certain)

good luck!

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[Michael42]

ADoozer,

This looks like it might do the trick. Could you please give me an example of using this - setting a value to a variable.

I am not quite an API expert yet.



Thanks,

Michael42

 

[ADoozer]

Public Const MAX_PATH = 260

Public Function GetTempDirectoryPath() As String

Dim S As String

S = String(MAX_PATH + 1, 0)

lng = GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, S)

GetTempDirectoryPath = Left$(S, lng)

End Function

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[Michael42]

Great! It works perfect.

Thanks,

Michael42