fTempPath (Function)

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fTempPath (Function)

In french: fRépertoireTemp

Returns the name of directory used to store the temporary files.

Example

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// Récupération du nom du répertoire temporaire
ResRepTemp = fTempPath()

Syntax

<Result> = fTempPath()

<Result>: Character string

Path of directory used to store the temporary files (up to 260 characters). This path ends with the "\" character.
This path corresponds to the "tmp" directory of application.
Empty string ("") if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.
Note: The result of the fTempPath function is always a character string in Ansi format.. However, the result can be stored in a Unicode character string.

Remarks

Temporary directory

In Windows Vista (and later), when the UAC system is enabled, the temporary directory is different depending on whether the user has administrator privileges or not.

Equivalence

fTempPath and fTempDir are equivalent.

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