fTempPath (Function)

ONLINE HELP
FOR WINDEV, WEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Version:

Home | Sign in | English

Functions for managing external files

Constants for the external files

Functions for managing external files

Handling the external files

Storing files in Android

Summary table: Managing the application directories according to the platform

fDetectRemovableStorage

fReadLineRegularExpression

fRemoveDir

fRename

fReportsAndQueriesDir

Temporary directory
Equivalence

WINDEV

WEBDEV

WINDEV Mobile

Others

See also

fTempPath (Function)

In french: fRépertoireTemp

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

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

See additional examples

// Retrieve the name of temporary directory
ResTempDir = 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.
Versions 17 and later
This path corresponds to the "tmp" directory of application.
New in version 17
This path corresponds to the "tmp" directory of application.
This path corresponds to the "tmp" directory of application.
Empty string ("") if an error occurred. To find out the error details, use ErrorInfo associated with the errMessage constant.
Note: The result of fTempPath is always a character string in Ansi format. However, the result can be stored in a Unicode character string.

Remarks

Temporary directory

If the temporary directory supported by the system does not exist on the current computer, fTempPath returns:

in Windows 98 or Me: the current directory on the computer.
in Windows 2000, NT or CE: the name of the default temporary directory supported by the system. No test is run regarding the existence of the temporary directory.

Caution: 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.

Versions 21 and later

Equivalence

fTempPath is equivalent to fTempDir.

New in version 21

Equivalence

fTempPath is equivalent to fTempDir.

Equivalence

fTempPath is equivalent to fTempDir.

Component : wd240std.dll