>>I came across an FAQ titled "How to register/unregister an OCX/ActiveX programatically" by Paul Vlad Tatavu. To call the function, you need the WINDOWS\SYSTEM path:
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>>llRegistered = RegisterControl("c:\windows\system\comctl32.ocx")
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>>I was wondering if there is a way in VFP to get the path to the users WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory where the OCX's reside. I know on some PC's, the path is not always WINDOWS\SYSTEM because the user changed the name at install. I have seen some named WIN95\SYSTEM. Is there a way to capture this path in VFP like a lot of the installation software programs do?
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>>TIA,
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>>James
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>For windows directory there is an environment variable named "winbootdir".
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>? getenv("winbootdir")
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>Cetin

Thanks Cetin! Just what I needed.