Get The Windows Temp Folder of the Current User

[kevin]

 
This example returns the windows temp folder of the current user.


Related To:
Get Special Windows Folders

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LinkDll "kernel32"
   GetTempPathA(nSize,lpBuffer) alias "GetTempPathA" as integer
EndLinkDll



Function GetTempPath()
   // Alloc a bank of 1024 bytes
   Size=1024
   ThisBank=newbank(Size)
   Ptr=GetBankPtr(thisBank)
   Status=GetTempPathA(Size,ptr)
   if Status
         Path$=PeekString(ptr,0)   ; peek a null termed string         
   endif
   Deletebank ThisBank
EndFunction path$


// 
print GetTempPath()
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