Get(PreferencesPath)

Category: Get

Parameters: None

Data type returned: Text

Description:

Returns the operating system path to a user's preferences and default options folder. In Windows, the path format is /Drive:/Documents and Settings/UserName/Local Settings/Application Data/. In the Mac OS, the path format is /DriveName/Users/UserName/Library/Preferences/.

Note that the user in this case is the operating system user account and should not be confused with the account with which a user logged in to a given database.

Examples:

Returns /C:/Documents and Settings/Nate/Local Settings/Application Data/ for a user named Nate in Windows.

Returns /MacintoshHD/Users/Eleanor/Library/Preferences/ for a user named Eleanor in the Mac OS.