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See <link href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30692">this issue</link> for more information.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">ChDir Text As String</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150543" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that specifies the directory path or drive.</paragraph> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3152598" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">If you only want to change the current drive, enter the drive letter followed by a colon.</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err76"/> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151116" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Sub ExampleChDir</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147348" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Dim sDir1 as String , sDir2 as String</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155308" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sDir1 = "c:\Test"</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">sDir2 = "d:\private"</paragraph> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154944" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ChDir( sDir1 )</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">msgbox CurDir</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">ChDir( sDir2 )</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">msgbox CurDir</paragraph> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149581" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">end sub</paragraph> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 69