BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Re: SaveDialog default dir          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi VCL Components Using View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Finn Tolderlund Guest Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: SaveDialog default dir Windows is playing tricks on you. If InitialDir is '' then it depends on the windows version what directory it will show initially. And some windows versions may remember the last directory used with the dialog and show that again the next time you run the app. At least that is my experience. -- Finn Tolderlund "Iain Macmillan" <help (AT) ariesps (DOT) co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse news:3f210b08 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: I use SaveDialogs with InitialDir set to '', so it will start in the current working directory. The user can choose the default just by launching the app from a shortcut with the 'Start In' set to the directory they want to use.. although recently I think some users have had problems with it defaulting to My Documents.. But I've just heard a new one: The Working Directory is most certainly the apps own directory (other behaviour confirms this), the shortcut specifies that directory as 'Start In'. The first use of the SaveDialog shows 'Save In' as .. DESKTOP Back to top Finn Tolderlund Guest Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:55 pm    Post subject: Re: SaveDialog default dir Use the GetCurrentDir function when the app starts and use that value as InitialDir. Or better imho make a setting where you can specify the data dir and use that. Then you do not have to rely on current directory. -- Finn Tolderlund "Iain Macmillan" <help (AT) ariesps (DOT) co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse news:3f213605 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Is there any *reliable* way of ensuring that the InitialDir gets set to the 'Start In' directory of the shortcut? I could default it to the App's directory easily enough, but some people want to use somewhere else as default. - because they don't want data files stored in the program directory, and they know that users will usually take the first thing they are offered. 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