>Hi,
>
> I tried to find something in VFP that returns the Windows system directory (System or System32, depending), and gave up so I tried the following:
>
>Declare GetSystemDirectory in kernel32 String,Integer
>lcBuffer = SPACE(1024)
>? GetSystemDirectory(@lcBuffer,1024)
>
>Seems to work, but the call returns .T. rather than the length of the string returned. Since I'm new at the API stuff, can someone tell me if the usage above is correct? And is there a native VFP (some GetEnv call or other) to get the System directory?
>
>Thanks,
>
Hi Rod

You didn't declare the return data type as INTEGER. Here's the modification:

DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemDirectory IN Win32API;
  STRING @lpbuffer, INTEGER dwsize
lcbuffer = SPACE(260)
lnsize = LEN(lcbuffer)
? GetSystemDirectory(@lcbuffer, lnsize)

Note that I've limited the size of the buffer to 260 characters, which is the current length of MAX_PATH.