>>Hello,
>>
>>How can I get the windows system directory accross all OS ?
>>
>>Xavier
>
>

>* WSH
>#define SystemFolder 1
>oFs = createobject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')
>oSysFolder = oFs.GetSpecialFolder(SystemFolder)
>? 'WSH :',oSysFolder.Path
>
>*WinAPI
>declare integer GetSystemDirectory in win32API ;
>  string @ lpBuffer, integer uSize
>lpBuffer=space(300)
>lnLen=GetSystemDirectory(@lpBuffer, 300)
>? 'WinAPI :'+left(lpBuffer,lnLen)
>

Cetin

Not to be picky, but the current maximum path length is 260 (including the null terminator). This impacts not only file functions, but certain ActiveX controls such as the CommonDialogs and TreeView.