How to refer to a file in %APPDATA%\Folder in AutoIt?

Question

I need to refer to a file in AutoIt, let's call its location %APPDATA%\folder\file.txt

How can I call to it in AutoIt? I've seen %APPDATA% referred as @AppDataCommonDir in it, but I can't get the full path right.

Thanks.

Solution

@AppDataCommonDir refers to the All Users application data folder. If you want the Application Data folder for the current Windows user, you should use @AppDataDir.

The File.au3 file contains a user-defined function (_PathFull) to build a path, using a relative path and a known full path. You can #include this file to gain access to this function.

Here's a script to build the complete path that you mentioned and display it in a message box.

#include <File.au3>

Local $filePath
$filePath = _PathFull("Folder\File.txt", @AppDataDir)

MsgBox (0, "Path", $filePath)

Running this script should create a message box similar to the following:

Comments

[user2723297]

Thanks! That did the trick! I used your code to run using the $filepath variable.

[Cagy79]

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