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35<topic id="textsbasicshared03020401xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
36<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">ChDir Statement [Runtime]</title>
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40<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
41<lastedited date="2007-03-20T10:10:45">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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45<section id="chdir">
46<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150178"><bookmark_value>ChDir statement</bookmark_value>
47</bookmark><comment>mw changed index entry</comment>
48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150178" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020401.xhp" name="ChDir Statement [Runtime]">ChDir Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Changes the current directory or drive.</paragraph>
50</section>
51<section id="i30692">
52<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id9783013" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">This runtime statement currently does not work as documented. See <link href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30692">this issue</link> for more information.</paragraph>
53</section>
54<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">ChDir Text As String</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150543" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
58<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that specifies the directory path or drive.</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3152598" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">If you only want to change the current drive, enter the drive letter followed by a colon.</paragraph>
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63<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151116" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Sub ExampleChDir</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147348" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Dim sDir1 as String , sDir2 as String</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155308" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sDir1 = "c:\Test"</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">sDir2 = "d:\private"</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154944" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ChDir( sDir1 )</paragraph>
69<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">msgbox CurDir</paragraph>
70<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">ChDir( sDir2 )</paragraph>
71<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">msgbox CurDir</paragraph>
72<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149581" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">end sub</paragraph>
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