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See <link href="https://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30692">this issue</link> for more information.</paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 42*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph> 43*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">ChDir Text As String</paragraph> 44*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph> 45*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150543" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that specifies the directory path or drive.</paragraph> 46*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3152598" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If you only want to change the current drive, enter the drive letter followed by a colon.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err76"/> 50*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151116" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> 51*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleChDir</paragraph> 52*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147348" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sDir1 as String , sDir2 as String</paragraph> 53*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155308" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sDir1 = "c:\Test"</paragraph> 54*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sDir2 = "d:\private"</paragraph> 55*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154944" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">ChDir( sDir1 )</paragraph> 56*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">msgbox CurDir</paragraph> 57*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">ChDir( sDir2 )</paragraph> 58*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">msgbox CurDir</paragraph> 59*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149581" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">end sub</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 62