Visio2000: Sample Macro to Retrieve the Path to the Visio Executable File (300992)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q300992

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) to retrieve the path to the Visio executable file.

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The following Visual Basic for Applications sample code retrieves the complete path for the Visio executable file and displays the result in a message box: 
Private Declare Function GetCommandLine Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"GetCommandLineA" () As String

Public Sub VisioExePath()

   Dim visExePath As String
   Dim PathLength As Long
    
   visExePath = Space(255)
   visExePath = GetCommandLine
   PathLength = Len(visExePath) - 4

   MsgBox Mid(visExePath, 2, PathLength)
End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

277011 Visio2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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