relative path to user desktop

[cjgpr]

Is there a way to create a relative path to the desktop folder for several users?  I'm generating an executable to go on a couple test laptops with different user accounts, want to write data to a file on the desktop in each case.  (Windows XP)

Thanks.

Jesse

[Jim Laudie]

    Jesse,

Will you be saving the exe to the same location on each machine?  If so, you could use the "Current VI's Path" constant and then build/strip paths accordingly to hit the desktop. 

Jim

[cjgpr]

Jim,

Actually, that's what I've got in place now, LOL...just seems rather "unelegant" and was hoping there was a better way.

Thanks.

[Jim Laudie]

I know what you mean.  I'm not aware of a slicker way off hand.

Best of luck.

[Jim Laudie]

    One additional thought I had.  If you were to use the Property Node for the App Instance and pull out the username (Windows) and also the LabVIEW directory path, you could then use build/strip paths to get to the desktop.  Pretty much the same as before, only it doesn't require you to install the application in the same location on every computer.

Best of luck.

[cjgpr]

Thanks

Jesse

[smercurio_fc]

Are you trying to save the file so that all users can see the file, or are you trying to save the file to the Desktop folder for the particular user running the app? For the former, you can just write the file to the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop". For a specific user, replace "All Users" with the login name, which you can get from the username property as Jim mentioned.

[cjgpr]

For the particular user.

Thanks.

[Jarrod_S.]

You'll have to call a win32 API function to get this information. Here's an example in LV85.




And I've reattached an example saved in LV80.

Message Edited by Jarrod S. on 05-06-2008 11:54 AM

[cjgpr]

Thanks.

Jesse