Retrieves the name of a localized folder.
String GetSpecialFolder ( id_as_integer )
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
id_as_integer |
Integer that corresponds to a localized system folder name on the desktop, or on a device or emulator. Table 10-5 in the Usage section displays the correlation between integer values and folder names. |
String. Returns the name of the folder on a localized operating system.
Operating systems using different languages can have different names for system folders. The GetSpecialFolder system function provides a means of obtaining the name of a system folder on a specific desktop machine or Windows CE device. This enables you to develop applications that access system folders and can still be deployed to devices using different language operating systems.
You use the integer parameter of GetSpecialFolder to indicate the name of the system folder that you want to return. The userName variable in Table 10-5 depends on the login name of the current user.
Value |
Desktop folder |
Pocket PC folder |
Smartphone folder |
|---|---|---|---|
0 |
C:\Documents and Settings\userName\Desktop |
\My Documents |
— |
2 |
C:\Documents and Settings\userName\Start Menu\Programs |
\Windows\Start Menu\Programs |
— |
5 |
C:\Documents and Settings\userName\My Documents |
\My Documents |
\Storage\My Documents |
6 |
C:\Documents and Settings\userName\Favorites |
\Windows\Favorites |
\Storage\Windows\Favorites |
7 |
C:\Documents and Settings\userName\Start Menu\Programs\Startup |
\Windows\Startup |
\Storage\Windows\Startup |
11 |
C:\Documents and Settings\userName\Start Menu |
\Windows\Start Menu |
\Storage\Windows\Start Menu |
20 |
C:\WINNT\Fonts |
\Windows\Fonts |
\Storage\Windows\Fonts |
26 |
C:\Documents and Settings\userName\Application Data |
— |
\Storage\Application Data |
36 |
C:\WINNT\ |
Pocket PC 2002: — Pocket PC 2003 and later: \Windows |
\Storage\Windows |
38 |
C:\Program Files |
\Program Files |
\Storage\Program Files |
The following example returns the name of the localized folder that corresponds to the \Windows\StartMenu\Programs folder on an English language Pocket PC device or emulator. For a German language Pocket PC device, the return value would be \Windows\Startmenü\Programme:
String ls_Folder
ls_Folder = GetSpecialFolder(2)
