From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2006-07-23T18:38:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting My Documents Folder

Hi,

Install windows-pr gem from win32 utils
(rubyforge.org/project/win32utils) and then

require 'windows/shell'

MAX_PATH = 260 # don't know exactly
DONT_CREATE = 0

my_docs_folder = '  ' * MAX_PATH
ret = Windows::Shell::SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, my_docs_folder,
Windows::Shell::CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS, DONT_CREATE)

if ret == 0
    my_docs_folder = ''
else
    my_docs_folder = my_docs_folder[ /^[^\0]*/ ]
end

Or, if you are on W2K+, you can use SHGetFolderPath
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/functions/shgetfolderpath.asp

NB: Do *NOT* use registry to retrieve this information - the needed
keys may not exist - they are created on-demand as a
backward-compatibilty hack.

Tomorrow I can send you my debugged copy... send me email if you are interested.

NB2: Thanks to Dan Berger for this nice package!

J.

On 7/23/06, Dave Ru <daverubie@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>    I'm trying to find the my documents folder for the current user in
> windows.  I know this can be done using Win32API, but I'm a little confused
> on the syntax.  Here's an article on how to do it in VB
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnima01/html/ima0187.asp
>
> Thanks,
> Dave