{"id":223,"date":"2007-05-12T17:12:52","date_gmt":"2007-05-12T15:12:52","guid":{"rendered":" http:\/\/www.nsonic.de\/blog\/2007\/05\/getting-the-temp-path-of-the-system\/"},"modified":"2007-05-12T17:12:54","modified_gmt":"2007-05-12T15:12:54","slug":"getting-the-temp-path-of-the-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsonic.de\/blog\/2007\/05\/getting-the-temp-path-of-the-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the Temp Path of the System"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know, every PC can have a different location where the user likes to store temporary files. But Windows has an API function to retrieve this directory name… and you can let Windows create a new temp-Filename that you can use.
\n(thanks to Rick Rogers (TeamB) for posting this hint)
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Use the GetTempPath and GetTempFileName Windows API routines, like this (assuming 32-bit Delphi long strings):<\/p>\n

[code lang=”delphi”]procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
\nvar TempPath: string;
\n TempFileName: string;
\n Return : Integer;
\nbegin
\n SetLength(TempPath, MAX_PATH);
\n if GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, PChar(TempPath)) = 0 then
\n raise Exception.Create(‘error getting temp path’); <\/p>\n

SetLength(TempFileName, MAX_PATH);
\n if GetTempFileName(PChar(TempPath), ‘pre’, 0, PChar(TempFileName)) = 0 then
\n raise Exception.Create(‘error getting temp filename’); <\/p>\n

TempFileName := Trim(TempFileName);
\n ShowMessage(TempFileName);
\nend;[\/code]<\/p>\n

[tags]Delphi, System, Files[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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