getting the user's TEMP directory in windows

[Ichthus]

Trying to write a script that saves a copy of the current document in the user's windows temp directory. This is set as a environment variable in windows, and you can see it at the command line by typing "echo %TEMP%" which gives "C:\DOCUME~1\Username\LOCALS~1\Temp".

Is there a way I can get the value of this variable inside a Macro? I tried:

ConvertToURL( "%TEMP%" )

which gives

file:///%25TEMP%25

Thanks in advance,
Kevin

[bitfarmer]

You can also make a shellexecute of "SET > C:\tempo.txt", then load the tempo.txt file and look for a line beginning with "TEMP=" , the path is on the rest of this line.

[Ichthus]

That is one idea... but I was hoping for something a little cleaner. To add to your idea though, it would be easier to do a shell execute of "echo %TEMP% > C:\tempo.txt"... cause that would make the only line in the file as the temp path... no searching

Anyone else have a better way? Thanks

[Cybb20]

it's a simple command to get the Temp directory, at least for Windows. I don't know if you can do the same for Unix or for the Mac.

[DannyB]

Just FYI....

There is another completely different way to find what OOo thinks the temp file is.

OOo has this thing called Path Settings. You can alter the path settings by doing.....
Tools --> Options --> OpenOffice.org --> Paths

The path for "Temporary Files" is where OOo thinks temporary files go.

You can display the Temp setting of PathSettings like this....

[Ichthus]

Thank you thank you to both of your replies. The Environ() call was what I was looking for, and will probably work for my situation since it will only be running on windows. But I may use the other one, just for kicks. Thanks guys