working directory

[Anonymous]

how to I change the working directory value for autocad without a shortcut?

[Ed__Jobe]

Use the vb CurDir function.

[Anonymous]

that tells me what it is but does not seem to let me change it.

That is the value I want to change. The help file seems to indicate that I
can not change the value. I must be missing something


"Mike Daugird" wrote in message
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> how to I change the working directory value for autocad without a
shortcut?
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[Anonymous]

I tried the following
Public Sub cha()
Dim sysVarName As String
Dim sysVarData As Variant
sysVarName = "CURDIR"
sysVarData = "c:/temp"
ThisDrawing.SetVariable sysVarName, sysVarData

MsgBox CurDir
End Sub
it kind of came from the help file, I tried forward and back slashes in the
c:/temp line and it does not matter.

I need a way to change this freakin variable
also curdir("C:\Temp\") gives an error and forward or backslashes does not
matter here either.

thanks

"Mike Daugird" wrote in message
news:f111a63.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> how to I change the working directory value for autocad without a
shortcut?
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[Ed__Jobe]

Sorry, it's been awhile since I used it. Use ChDrive and ChDir to set them. However, if you are planning to use this with acad's file nav dialogs and REMEMBERFOLDERS is set to 1, then this won't work. Acad stores each dialog's previously used folder in the registry. Look under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R15.0\ACAD-2:409\Profiles\ProfileName\Dialogs\OpenSaveAnavDialogs\InitialDirectory for an example.

[Ed__Jobe]

CurDir is not an acad sysvar, but a vb function.