Hi Willy > If Exist(Use.Home& "/Desktop) then > sPath = User.Home& "/Desktop/SystemInfo.txt" > Endif > > Now it turns out that this only works on systems with English language. > Other systems translate "Desktop" into local language!! > Like for Dutch it will be "Bureaublad" instead of "Desktop" > > As it is impossible for me to test for 150 different ways "Desktop" is > written in other languages, I was wondering is there a way around this. > > Does the system somewhere have the original English name for Desktop > that I can test against? Or is there any other way of solving this > problem?
In my KDE desktop directory I found a file named .directory, which has all national names of the (current desktop) directory. So you have to search all subdirectories of home/... and look if there is a file name .directory and if this file have an entry of "desktop". Than you found it. Hope that helps Rolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
