Type the following on the command-line (cmd.exe): echo %temp%
This will tell you the value of the "temp" environment variable. As you'll see, it will point to something like "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp". (%USERPROFILE% is another environment variable and will have been expanded for you.) You can set any environment variables (new and old ones) under the command-line, but I don't recommend this since it will only be available for that session. (There's some way of making it global from here, but don't ask me how.) Instead, under W2k, go to "System Properties" (available from the pop-up menu on "My Computer") | "Advanced" | "Environment Variables" and edit the user variables there. Note that TMP variable should by convention point to the same location as TEMP. Also note that the TEMP system environment variable will probably not be affected by the length restriction since it usually points to "C:\WinNT\Temp"... (By the way, I don't think it works if you make TMP = %TEMP%.) Note that running applications won't pick up any environment variable changes. My recommendation, if you do change a system environment variable (such as TEMP), is to reboot the system; and if you only change a user variable, to logout and log back in. -Andreas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Sent: Tuesday, 4 March 2003 11:57 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: QuickReport on XP Hi all, Using QuickReport on Win2000 and XP requires (according to http://www.qusoft.com/) the following: Standard Users and Windows 2000 and XP The temp environment variables are too long ( 32 bytes is the limit pre QR3.5) Solution : create a new temp directory that has a short path and set up a new %TEMP% Can anybody point me in the right direction what temp directory they are referring to (\Windows\TEMP ???)? and what about the: set up a new %TEMP% ??? TIA John --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
