>>>>>CAn anyone show me a sample to code to get the system directory??
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks godzillion :)
>>>>
>>>>Gan,
>>>>
>>>>I don't know if you had a problem with getting this to work because of using information in the API section. Unfortunately, it's not correct, and there's no way for me to correct it. It shows

lcBuffer = SPACE(255)
>>>>DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemDirectory IN WIN32API STRING, INTEGER
>>>>lnNameLength = GetSystemDirectory(@lcBuffer, 255)
>>>>lcSystemDir = LEFT(lcBuffer, lnNameLength-1)
>>>>* Should be
>>>>DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemDirectory IN WIN32API STRING @, INTEGER
>>>>lcbuffer = SPACE(260) && Current size of MAX_PATH
>>>>lnNameLength = GetSystemDirectory(@lcBuffer, 260)
>>>>lcSystemDir = LEFT(lcBuffer, lnNameLength)

The value returned does not include the terminating null character.
>>>
>>>Hi George,
>>>
>>>Your code works fine. This code gives me data type mismatch error:
>>>

>>>oReg=createobject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')
>>>? oReg.GetSpecialFolder(0)
>>>

>>>
>>>What could be wrong?
>>
>>It returns a folder object reference not a string. Off the top of my head

oFolder = oReg.GetSpecialFolder(1)
>>? oFolder.Path && The complete path (ie C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM)
>>? oFolder.Name && The folder name (SYSTEM)

>
>Great, thanks a lot. I misundesrtood the Help...

The current help file indicates that it's a Folder Object, but the Window Script Programmers Reference indicates it returns a string. Ed and I noted the latter in the latest in our VFUG series of articles on the FileSystemObject.