Button to open certain folders from forms

NiksaVel

Hi all,

I was wondering if I could use a button to open a certain folder in the windows environment.. sorta like a global constant or something?

I'd like to open for instance... the current user's My Documents or My Pictures or the My Computer screen...

Is that at all possible?

I know I can make a shortcut to each and than call that shortcut, but I'd like a universal solution that would work on any computer without any prior setup if possible...

probe1 · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

Create a pushbutton on your form.

Choose action: open Form/Website
type: "d:\whatever\folder" in URL

Does this help?
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NiksaVel · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

No... I know I can do this... but I was wondering if there are some globals I couls use to open certain standard folders like "My Computer" or "My Documents" of the currently logged user...

i.e.like cd %SYSTEMROOT% in command prompt takes you to c:\windows, but it could also be c:\winnt or whatever

QuazzieEvil · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:01 am Post subject:

you can use the Eviron(...) function to get some globals or the PathSubstition service--the Pathsubstition service is more adviceable as it is platform independent--Eviron(...) parameters differ between windows and linux. However, the Environ(..) funtion does give you other usefull info such as logged user name, and such.

See http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/util/PathSubstitution.html for more info on the Path subsition service

Example: