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searchCurrentFolder

Syntax

    the searchCurrentFolder

Description

System property; determines whether Director searches the current folder when searching file names. This property is `TRUE` by default.

| When the `searchCurrentFolder` property is `TRUE` (1), Director searches the current folder when resolving file names.
| When the `searchCurrentFolder` property is `FALSE` (0), Director does not search the current folder when resolving file names.

This property can be tested and set.

Example

This statement displays the status of the `searchCurrentFolder` property in the Message window:

    put the searchCurrentFolder

The result is 1, which is the numeric equivalent of `TRUE`.

Example

This statement sets the `searchCurrentFolder` property to `TRUE`, which causes Director to search the current folder when resolving file names:

    the searchCurrentFolder = TRUE

See also

`searchPaths`