| Description |
The ForceDirectories function creates one or more nested directories specified by the Path.
If the create succeeded, then True is returned, otherwise the error can be obtained using GetLastError.
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| Related commands |
| CreateDir |
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Create a directory |
| GetCurrentDir |
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Get the current directory (drive plus directory) |
| GetDir |
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Get the default directory (drive plus path) for a specified drive |
| MkDir |
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Make a directory |
| ChDir |
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Change the working drive plus path for a specified drive |
| RmDir |
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Remove a directory |
| RemoveDir |
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Remove a directory |
| SelectDirectory |
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Display a dialog to allow user selection of a directory |
| SetCurrentDir |
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Change the current directory |
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| Example code : Create a new path on the C drive |
begin
// Try to create a new nested directory in the current directory
if CreateDir('C:\NonExistantDir\TestDir')
then ShowMessage('New directory added OK')
else ShowMessage('New directory add failed with error : '+
IntToStr(GetLastError));
// Now force it to create this directory
if ForceDirectories('C:\NonExistantDir\TestDir')
then ShowMessage('New directory added OK')
else ShowMessage('New directory add failed with error : '+
IntToStr(GetLastError));
end;
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| Show full unit code |
New directory add failed with error 3
New directory added OK
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