FileChangeDir

[garyf]

Hi

Newbie here. I'm using FileChangeDir($p) to change the current dir to the path in var $p. It does not work. Works if I code FileChangeDir("d:AutoITdata").

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[JohnOne]

"It does not work" is never enough.

Please elaborate and post your whole runnable code.

[garyf]

Sorry, when I wrote it doesn't work, I meant that the original content of the working directory was unchanged. It changed only when I used a explicit string in quotes .

[JohnOne]

Can you show an example of exactly how you get the path variable into $p

[garyf]

Now I'm getting more weird stuff

#include "MsgBoxConstants.au3"

; set up working dir

FileChangeDir("D:A-Screenshots")

msgbox(0,"testing 1","working dir: ",@WorkingDir)            ;<=== this displays a blank for the working dir

$var = "d:Games"
FileChangeDir($var)
msgbox(0,"testing 2","working dir: ",@WorkingDir)         ;<=== this displas a blank for the working dir
example()
exit

Func Example()
    ; Display the current working directory.
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The current working directory: " & @CRLF & @WorkingDir)     <===== this displays d:Games

    ; Set the working directory @WorkingDir to the @WindowsDir directory. This is normally C:Windows.
    FileChangeDir(@WindowsDir)

    ; Display the working directory after setting it to the windows directory.
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The current working directory: " & @CRLF & @WorkingDir)    <==== displays C:Windows
EndFunc   ;==>Example

[JohnOne]

What about 

$var = "d:\Games"
FileChangeDir($var)
msgbox(0,"working dir: ",@WorkingDir)

And

FileChangeDir("D:\A-Screenshots")

msgbox(0,"working dir: ",@WorkingDir)

[garyf]

I swapped the order of the two filechangedir and get similar results. They both display a blanks for the working dir. but in the function the first msgbox dispays D:A-Screenshots.

[garyf]

I found it! jeez! The error is in the msgbox. It is incorrectly coded.

msgbox(0,"testing 1","working dir: ",@WorkingDir)    wrong!

msgbox(0,"testing 1","working dir: " & @WorkingDir)   correct

[JohnOne]

In your code, you have @WorkingDir as a param for MsgBox TimeOut

See post >#6

Edited February 11, 2015 by JohnOne

[garyf]

Thanks for helping John1