>>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
>
>James,
>
>I believe that some system directories are named SYSTEM32 (on NT). To get the system directory, use the following
>
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemDirectory IN Win32API;
> STRING @lcbuffer, INTEGER uSize
>* Set the buffer size equal to MAX_PATH
>lcbuffer = SPACE(260)
>lnsize = LEN(lcbuffer)
>lnsize = GetSystemDirectory(@lcbuffer, lnsize)
>IF lnsize > 1
> * If this fails, something is terribly wrong
> lcbuffer = LEFT(lcbuffer, lnsize)
>ENDIF
>
>
>hth,
>
>George

George,

That's true. I forgot about NT. Thanks for your help!

James