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ChDir [Drive:]Folder

Changes to a different current drive/folder.

Drive is an optional parameter (the default value is the current drive).

Folder is the name of the folder on the given drive.

The full path may not have more than 255 characters.

See also: CurDir, ChDrive, MkDir, RmDir

Example:

Sub Main

 Dim Answer, Msg, NL

 NL = Chr(10)                   ' Chr(10)=New line

 CurPath = CurDir()             ' Determine current path

 ChDir "\"

 Msg = "The folder was changed to " & CurDir() & "."

 Msg = Msg & NL & NL & "Click on OK "

 Msg = Msg & "to return to the previous folder."

 Answer = MsgBox(Msg)

 ChDir CurPath                  ' Back to the old folder

 Msg = "We are now back to the folder " & CurPath & "."

 MsgBox Msg

End Sub