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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">CurDir Function [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2006-09-19T11:27:49">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153126" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020403.xhp">CurDir Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns a variant string that represents the current path of the specified drive.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153381" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">CurDir [(Text As String)]</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156423" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that specifies an existing drive (for example, "C" for the first partition of the first hard drive).</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155133" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">If no drive is specified or if the drive is a zero-length string (""), CurDir returns the path for the current drive. $[officename] Basic reports an error if the syntax of the drive description is incorrect, the drive does not exist, or if the drive letter occurs after the letter defined in the CONFIG.SYS with the Lastdrive statement.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">This function is not case-sensitive.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151113" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Sub ExampleCurDir</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155306" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim sDir1 as String , sDir2 as String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156444" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">sDir1 = "c:\Test"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">sDir2 = "d:\private"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154013" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">ChDir( sDir1 )</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153877" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">msgbox CurDir</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3144764" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">ChDir( sDir2 )</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147125" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">msgbox CurDir</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149581" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">end sub</paragraph>
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