bug or secret?

katalonija2 · Post by **katalonija2** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:04 pm

i copied PlayWav>c:\windows\media\chimes.wav in speed to solve problem with WaitKeyDown>q (or TAB) ...sometimes dont pick keypress
and sound is there?????

Problem is that i do not have c:\windows\ directory, as i always change default win dir...

How is it possible?

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:36 pm

PlayWav>%WIN_DIR%\media\chimes.wav

katalonija2 · Post by **katalonija2** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:42 am

yes, but i didnot copy %windir% in my command line in macro...only text, ordinary path that do not exist....

Are you saying that i can use path like c:\windows\system32 instead %windir%\system32 and it will work in macro every time, becouse macro interpreter replace c:\windows with %windir% ?

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:15 am

WIN_DIR is a Macro Scheduler system variable that holds the path to Windows. So, yes, it will resolve to the correct windows folder on any PC.

For the System folder you can use SYS_DIR which always resolves to the system32 folder wherever that may be.

katalonija2 · Post by **katalonija2** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:09 am

Lets try on this way...

%windir%=C:\workload
(C:\workload\system32...C:\workload\system......)
C:\windows...does not exist....

What will do PlayWav>c:\windows\media\chimes.wav

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:51 pm

katalonija2 wrote:Lets try on this way...

%windir%=C:\workload
(C:\workload\system32...C:\workload\system......)
C:\windows...does not exist....

What will do PlayWav>c:\windows\media\chimes.wav

Like I said:

PlayWav>%WIN_DIR%\media\chimes.wav

WIN_DIR is automatically set to whatever the windows directory happens to be. It is set by the system.