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Re: A directory and TOpenDialog

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From: Jos�
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:23
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:38:10 +0300, "Minas EnRethy"
<(min_charATyahooPUTADOTgr)(HellenicFire)> wrote in
borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi:

>> Problem 2.
>> When he starts TOpenDialog, I see that it has remembered the
>> directory, although I wrote no code to remember it.
>
>2. You can use InitiaDir property of  TOpenDialog or
>set
>ForceCurrentDirectory = true;
>somewhere before call OpenDoalig->Execute()

Unfortunately, the info is not in InitialDir. InitialDir is empty.

>if ForceCurrentDirectory is true, the dialog opens with the current working
>directory displayed.

So that's not what I want. It is fine that the original directory is
retained, but I want to know what it is before OpenDialog is executed.

>> Where is this data stored?
>> Can I access this data without having the user start TOpenDialog?
>
>In registry as Alan wrote

A number of directories are mentioned there, but I do not know wich it
is. The Registry seems to have no relation between program and
directory, but merely between extension and directory.
-- 
Jos�
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