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Change Folder Action

Declaration

<AMCHANGEFOLDER FOLDER="text">

See Also

Copy File, Rename File, Delete File, Delete Folder, Create Folder

Description

Changes the current folder for the running task. Use this action only when necessary, otherwise utilize fully qualified path names such as 'c:\docs\myfile.txt' when performing file actions.

Practical Usage

Required when using relative paths and filenames. Used to change the "current working folder".

Parameters

General Tab

Folder
Text, Required
MARKUP: FOLDER="c:\foldernametochangeto\"

Specifies the folder to change to.

Notes

Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and "On Error" failure handling options/tabs

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Variables and Expressions
All text fields allow the use of expressions by surrounding the expression in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, %Left('Text',2)%). To help construct these expressions, a popup expression builder is available in all these fields by pressing F2.
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Example

<AMCHANGEFOLDER FOLDER="c:\docs\">