Finding directory from Forms 6i

Question

I need to read a file from a specific directory in the C: drive of the users PC. The directory name is \temp. However this directory could be sitting in C:\temp on one PC and C:\test\temp on another PC. The location of directory is going to vary per PC.
IN forms 6i, is it possible to find the location of the \temp directory on the PC from the environment variables?
Thanks

Answer 1

You did not mention the exact Forms version you are using or if you are running client/server or web, so it may be difficult to provide specific answers.
Take a look at this previous thread I posted which explains how you can test to see if a directory exists then based on the results create a directory as needed. The code can be modified to do what you want.
Re: Creating folder on Application server using webutil.
If you are running client/server, you could just do this, but this will not carry forward to web easily.
-- :text_item1 is a text field on a canvas where the value is returned
Tool_Env.Getvar ('TEMP',:text_item1);
Understand that the reference to TEMP in this code is the name of a Windows variable and not necessarily a directory. In other words, the return value for this call will be something like this by default on most machines:
C:\DOCUME~1\<USERNAME>\LOCALS~1\Temp