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Getting system OS language and then.....
Hey people, I need to know if excel does have a method or function that can
find out the OS language (Windows XP) so I can adjusts paths (C:\) when updating the fields, which are in different excels. |
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HTH Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey people, I need to know if excel does have a method or function that can find out the OS language (Windows XP) so I can adjusts paths (C:\) when updating the fields, which are in different excels. |
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Paul, I already tried that but that only gives me "Windows (32-bit) NT 5.01".
I need to find out the Operating system language (English,Spanish,German,French,etc...). Thanks for the quick reply anyways!Chay " wrote: Application.OperatingSystem HTH Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey people, I need to know if excel does have a method or function that can find out the OS language (Windows XP) so I can adjusts paths (C:\) when updating the fields, which are in different excels. |
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Chay,
I suspect what you really need is to determine various paths, independent of language. Maybe: ?environ("USERPROFILE") Or use with one of these; APPDATA, SystemDrive, TEMP, windir, Or possibly: Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguag eIDInstall) NickHK "Chay" wrote in message ... Paul, I already tried that but that only gives me "Windows (32-bit) NT 5.01". I need to find out the Operating system language (English,Spanish,German,French,etc...). Thanks for the quick reply anyways!Chay " wrote: Application.OperatingSystem HTH Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey people, I need to know if excel does have a method or function that can find out the OS language (Windows XP) so I can adjusts paths (C:\) when updating the fields, which are in different excels. |
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NickHK,
Thank you very much!!!!Your post helped me think of something (Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLangua geIDInstall)). Thanks again, Chay "NickHK" wrote: Chay, I suspect what you really need is to determine various paths, independent of language. Maybe: ?environ("USERPROFILE") Or use with one of these; APPDATA, SystemDrive, TEMP, windir, Or possibly: Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguag eIDInstall) NickHK "Chay" wrote in message ... Paul, I already tried that but that only gives me "Windows (32-bit) NT 5.01". I need to find out the Operating system language (English,Spanish,German,French,etc...). Thanks for the quick reply anyways!Chay " wrote: Application.OperatingSystem HTH Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey people, I need to know if excel does have a method or function that can find out the OS language (Windows XP) so I can adjusts paths (C:\) when updating the fields, which are in different excels. |
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