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

ID: Q133788

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

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.

KBCategory: kbmacro buglist7.0 KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: word95 7.0 word7 winword

Keywords          : kbmacro
Version           : 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998