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The ChDir procedure sets the working drive + path values to the supplied Directory.
There are as many working directories as drives on the target machine.
If the directory is invalid, you will get an error such as ElnOutError, and the directory will remain unchanged.
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Example code : Getting and setting the directory for the C: drive |
var
directory : string;
begin // Get the directory for the C drive
GetDir(2, directory);
WriteLn('Default C drive directory = '+directory);
// Set the C directory to this value
ChDir(directory);
GetDir(2, directory);
WriteLn('Default C drive directory = '+directory);
// Try to set to an invalid value
ChDir('C:Bad/Path/Value');
GetDir(2, directory);
WriteLn('Default C drive directory = '+directory);
end;
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The following output is representative, and will necessarily vary
from PC to PC:
C:\Program Files\Borland\Delphi7\Projects
C:\Program Files\Borland\Delphi7\Projects
ElnOutError with error 'Invalid file name'
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