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  GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Gary Miller" <gary@lucero.com> - 2011-03-31 13:40 -0700
    Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx@softwarexobjectives.com.au> - 2011-03-31 21:40 +0000
      Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Gary Miller" <gary_@_lucero_.com (remove all underscores)> - 2011-03-31 16:01 -0700
        Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx@softwarexobjectives.com.au> - 2011-04-01 23:24 +0000
    Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Philippe Mermod" <pmermod@REMOVEpkl.ch> - 2011-04-01 07:27 +0000
      Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Gary Miller" <gary_@_lucero_.com (remove all underscores)> - 2011-04-01 11:13 -0700
      Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Gary Miller" <gary_@_lucero_.com (remove all underscores)> - 2011-04-01 12:19 -0700
      Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx@softwarexobjectives.com.au> - 2011-04-01 23:22 +0000
    Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Karl-Heinz" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-01 11:04 +0200
      Re: GetSystemWindowsDirectory "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx@softwarexobjectives.com.au> - 2011-04-01 23:20 +0000

#617 — GetSystemWindowsDirectory

As I understand there is an API for GetSystemWindowsDirectory in KERNEL32. 
This doesn't exist in VO so I simply tried to create a prototype to the 
function via the following.

_DLL FUNC GetSystemWindowsDirectory( lpBuffer AS PSZ, uSize AS DWORD) AS 
DWORD PASCAL:KERNEL32.GetSystemWindowsDirectoryA

But when I run my application VO balks that it cannot find an entry point in 
KERNEL32.DLL

The problem I am trying to solve is that GetWindowsDirectory() doesn't 
return properly in a Terminal Server environment and the MSDN says to use 
GetSystemWindowsDirectory when running in a TS environment.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Gary 



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#618

Gary,

Try INT instead of DWORD (although I note the types are UINT).

Where are you testing this? On the terminal server?
It won't work in a regular environment - it just retrieves %system%.

But why do you want it? It is the common WINDOWS system share - nothing 
you should be using or accessing from a workstation. shGetFolderPath is 
usually the best function to use.

Geoff



"Gary Miller" <gary@lucero.com> wrote in message 
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> As I understand there is an API for GetSystemWindowsDirectory in KERNEL32.
> This doesn't exist in VO so I simply tried to create a prototype to the
> function via the following.
>
> _DLL FUNC GetSystemWindowsDirectory( lpBuffer AS PSZ, uSize AS DWORD) AS
> DWORD PASCAL:KERNEL32.GetSystemWindowsDirectoryA
>
> But when I run my application VO balks that it cannot find an entry point in
> KERNEL32.DLL
>
> The problem I am trying to solve is that GetWindowsDirectory() doesn't
> return properly in a Terminal Server environment and the MSDN says to use
> GetSystemWindowsDirectory when running in a TS environment.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
>
>
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#620

Geoff
Thanks,


Gary 



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#632

Gary,

What is the guest OS. It could not be W7 Home or XP Home for example 
because again, that function is not present. Also, the user would need 
to have rights to execute such a function. Do they? You also didn't 
explain why they need this. I find it extremely unusual to need this 
folder path.

Geoff



"Gary Miller" <gary_@_lucero_.com (remove all underscores)> wrote in 
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> Geoff
> Thanks,
>
>
> Gary
>
>
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#622

Why don't U use GetFolderPath() VO function with CSIDL_SYSTEM as
argument ?

HTH,

-- 
Phil Mermod
http://www.pkl.ch/dev/


Gary Miller wrote:

> As I understand there is an API for GetSystemWindowsDirectory
> in KERNEL32. This doesn't exist in VO so I simply tried to
> create a prototype to the function via the following.
> 
> _DLL FUNC GetSystemWindowsDirectory( lpBuffer AS PSZ, uSize AS
> DWORD) AS DWORD PASCAL:KERNEL32.GetSystemWindowsDirectoryA
> 
> But when I run my application VO balks that it cannot find an
> entry point in KERNEL32.DLL
> 
> The problem I am trying to solve is that GetWindowsDirectory()
> doesn't return properly in a Terminal Server environment and
> the MSDN says to use GetSystemWindowsDirectory when running in
> a TS environment.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary
> 
> 
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#626

Philippe
Thanks, I didn't know that function existed.

Gary 



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#627

Phil
Actually in Terminal Server this function returns invalid (c:\documents and 
settings\user\windows)

Gary 



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#631

Phil,

This won't give him the folder he is looking for. He wants the system 
shared path, not the user system path. The folder yields an operating 
system level folder on the TS server. But I think this is fraught and 
unnecessary. Mainly, the user needs to have appropriate rights to this 
folder and that would be unusual.

Geoff


"Philippe Mermod" <pmermod@REMOVEpkl.ch> wrote in message 
news:8vld2tFd03U1@mid.individual.net:

> Why don't U use GetFolderPath() VO function with CSIDL_SYSTEM as
> argument ?
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Phil Mermod
> http://www.pkl.ch/dev/
>
>
> Gary Miller wrote:
>
>
> > As I understand there is an API for GetSystemWindowsDirectory
> > in KERNEL32. This doesn't exist in VO so I simply tried to
> > create a prototype to the function via the following.
> >
> > _DLL FUNC GetSystemWindowsDirectory( lpBuffer AS PSZ, uSize AS
> > DWORD) AS DWORD PASCAL:KERNEL32.GetSystemWindowsDirectoryA
> >
> > But when I run my application VO balks that it cannot find an
> > entry point in KERNEL32.DLL
> >
> > The problem I am trying to solve is that GetWindowsDirectory()
> > doesn't return properly in a Terminal Server environment and
> > the MSDN says to use GetSystemWindowsDirectory when running in
> > a TS environment.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary
> >
> >
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#623

Gary,

> _DLL FUNC GetSystemWindowsDirectory( lpBuffer AS PSZ, uSize AS DWORD) AS
> DWORD PASCAL:KERNEL32.GetSystemWindowsDirectoryA
>
> But when I run my application VO balks that it cannot find an entry point
> in KERNEL32.DLL

the definition is correct.  Could it be that the OS the app is running is 
lower than required ?

----------------------------------------------
GetSystemWindowsDirectory - Requirements
----------------------------------------------

Minimum supported client
 Windows 2000 Professional

Minimum supported server
 Windows 2000 Server
-------------------------

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724403(v=vs.85).aspx


regards
Karl-Heinz

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#630

<ROFL>

It would be very hard to find a PC with specs lower than these.

W98 maybe? Windows NT?



"Karl-Heinz" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
news:8vlisuFnrvU1@mid.individual.net:

> Gary,
>
>
> > _DLL FUNC GetSystemWindowsDirectory( lpBuffer AS PSZ, uSize AS DWORD) AS
> > DWORD PASCAL:KERNEL32.GetSystemWindowsDirectoryA
> >
> > But when I run my application VO balks that it cannot find an entry point
> > in KERNEL32.DLL
>
>
> the definition is correct.  Could it be that the OS the app is running is
> lower than required ?
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> GetSystemWindowsDirectory - Requirements
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Minimum supported client
>  Windows 2000 Professional
>
> Minimum supported server
>  Windows 2000 Server
> -------------------------
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724403(v=vs.85).aspx
>
>
> regards
> Karl-Heinz

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