Subject Re: Accessing a database that is stored in dropbox From Buză Vasile <hsctm@rdslink.ro> Date Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:59:19 +0300 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Attachment(s) SysFolderPath.zip >"Akshat Kapoor"  wrote in message news:0eRrkAOlXHA.1880@ip-AC1E04A7... >Good Afternoon Matt, > > The database I am using needs only to be read-only by customers as I can > access it locally to update data and reload to dropbox. > > >This should not be causing issues. > >The only issue there is that each and every system has a different path to >access dropbox files. >The pattern is > >C:\Users\user name\Dropbox > >How will you get the exact path for each system. To get the paths of the system directories in a system, call the function: SHGetFolderPath  ( shfolder.dll ) Example in attachment. ?SysFolderPath(40)    // 40 == CSIDL_PROFILE Vasile BUZA