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Angie - 29 Jul 2005 14:09 GMT

I have an Access application formultiusers that writes a file to
C:\Temp\filename.rtf but now with Windows XP we are not allowed to save any
files to C:\Temp, only can be done to C:\Documents and Settings\USERID\My
Documents\FILENAME.RTF. How can pass that path in Access 2002?

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Alex Dybenko - 29 Jul 2005 15:02 GMT

You can get Temp folder path as:
Environ("Temp")

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>I have an Access application formultiusers that writes a file to
> C:\Temp\filename.rtf but now with Windows XP we are not allowed to save
> any
> files to C:\Temp, only can be done to C:\Documents and Settings\USERID\My
> Documents\FILENAME.RTF. How can pass that path in Access 2002?

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Dirk Goldgar - 29 Jul 2005 15:19 GMT

> I have an Access application formultiusers that writes a file to
> C:\Temp\filename.rtf but now with Windows XP we are not allowed to
> save any files to C:\Temp, only can be done to C:\Documents and
> Settings\USERID\My Documents\FILENAME.RTF. How can pass that path in
> Access 2002?

See this link for code to retrieve special folder locations, such as the
path to the user's My Documents folder:

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0054.htm
API: Retrieving a Special Folder's location

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