making a folder

[stan58]

Help, can anyone show me an example of code that makes a folder in another directory.I guess its the "mkdir" command but what is the syntax to show the path

[metro]

some code I use
HTH
CSIDL.PERSONAL = 5    'My Documents Folder

myDocuments$ = GetSpecialfolder$(CSIDL.PERSONAL)


if right$(myDocuments$,1)<>"\" then
myDocuments$=myDocuments$+"\"
end if




'***********************************************
' HARD CODE PATH
' result = mkdir( "C:\NewTemp")
'if result <> 0 then notice "Temporary directory not created!"

'OR use DefaultDir$+"\"+NewFolder$

 '***********************************************
' or if you want the MyDocuments folder for the current user
 NewFolder$="NewTemp"
result = mkdir( myDocuments$+NewFolder$)
if result <> 0 then notice "Temporary directory not created!"

end

Function GetSpecialfolder$(CSIDL)
   struct IDL,cb As Long, abID As short
   calldll #shell32, "SHGetSpecialFolderLocation",_
       0 as long, CSIDL as long, IDL as struct, ret as long
   if ret=0 then
       Path$ = Space$(512)
       id=IDL.cb.struct
       calldll #shell32, "SHGetPathFromIDListA",id as long, Path$ as ptr, ret as long
       GetSpecialfolder$ = Left$(Path$, InStr(Path$, Chr$(0)) - 1)
   else
       GetSpecialfolder$ = "Error"
   end if
   End Function
'create a subdirectory named temp in the current directory
 result = mkdir( "C:\Mytemp")
 if result <> 0 then notice "Temporary directory not created!"



[stan58]

Thank you Metro,I will give it a try.

[stan58]

Many thanks metro it worked fine.