ChDir behavior

[HC]

Current directory is c:\A\B . If chdir ".." is executed, on 7 of 8 machines
the new directory is C:\A while on the 8th machine it remains C:\A\B with no
error message.

OS is windows XP SP3. Have reloaded Office 2003 several times with no
change in behavior

Any suggestions as to where to look for glitch?

 

[Ron de Bruin]

Hi HC

Try to use it together with ChDrive

MyPath = "C:\A"
ChDrive MyPath
ChDir MyPath

 

[HC]

Tried it, and got a "path not found" error on the one machine, other machines
work as expected.

 

[Ron de Bruin]

Test if you use the correct Separator in the path

MsgBox Application.PathSeparator

 

[HC]

Path separator is indeed the back slash "\"

Test if you use the correct Separator in the path

MsgBox Application.PathSeparator

 

[HC]

It appears that a couple of non-print characters or a backspace got into the
directory name corrupting the chdir process. Re-entered the folder name and
all is good.

Thanks Ron for the effort (I'm embarassed - should have checked that sooner)