SetCurrentDirectoryA Doesn't Work

[Former Member]

I'm trying to dynamically configure the working directory by calling the external kernel32 SetCurrentDirectoryA function, but no matter what I pass in as the path, it always seems to return false. What would make that happen? I'm using PB 12.6 classic on Win 10 desktop.

[chris_keating · Accepted solution]

You have to declare the function such that PowerBuilder is treating the string as ANSI, i.e.,

FUNCTION long GetCurrentDirectory( long length , ref string path) LIBRARY "KERNEL32" ALIAS "GetCurrentDirectoryA;ANSI"

Alteratively, you could simply call GetCurrentDirectoryW as that would bypass the conversion.

[Former Member]

Why not just use the PB directory function instead of calling the windows api?

also PB is moving on: https://community.appeon.com/

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ChangeDirectory PowerScript function

Description

Changes the current directory.

Syntax

ChangeDirectory ( directoryname )

Argument

Description

directoryname String for the name of the directory you want to set as the current directory

Return Values

Integer. Returns 1 if the function succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Examples

This example changes the current directory to the parent directory of the current directory and displays the new current directory in a SingleLineEdit control:

ChangeDirectory( ".." )

sle_1.text= GetCurrentDirectory( )