GetSpecialFolder Method

Description

Returns the special folder object specified.

PowerBASIC Syntax

METHOD GetSpecialFolder ( _

BYVAL bstrFolderSpec AS STRING _

) AS IFolder

Arguments

bstrFolderSpec

BSTR. The name of the special folder to be returned. Can be any of the constants shown in the Settings section.

Return Value

IDispatch. Reference to a IFolder interface.

Settings

The bstrFolderSpec argument can have any of the following values:

Constant	Value	Description
WindowsFolder	0	The Windows folder contains files installed by the Windows operating system.
SystemFolder	1	The System folder contains libraries, fonts, and device drivers.
TemporaryFolder	2	The Temp folder is used to store temporary files. Its path is found in the TMP environment variable.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM fso AS IFileSystem

DIM strName AS STRING

' Create an instance of the FileSystemObject

fso = NEWCOM "Scripting.FileSystemObject"

' Get the name of an special folder

strName = fso.GetSpecialFolderName (%SpecialFolder_WindowsFolder)

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