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DefaultDir$() and GetDirectory$() Return Lowercase Path

Article ID: 133788

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q133788

SYMPTOMS

The DefaultDir$() and GetDirectory$() functions in WordBasic both return a path in all lowercase letters instead of mixed-case letters, which is supported by Windows 95 and Windows NT.

CAUSE

This is a limitation of the WordBasic commands.

WORKAROUND

You can convert the path into all uppercase characters by using the UCASE$() function. For example, the following function returns C:\MSOFFICE\TEMPLATES:

   MsgBox UCase$(DefaultDir$(1))

There is no direct way to return the mixed-case form of the paths.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows 95 version 7.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Keywords: KB133788