Crop a string at a certain character

[djlysuc]

Hi,

Im looking for a way to remove the file name from a string to use the ChDir statement in vb??

convert:
C:\dir1\dir2\myfile.exe

to:
C:\dir1\dir2

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[mhartman]

Hello:
Use the following statement:
y = Left$(Text0, InStrRev(Text0, "\") - 1)
'
If you had a text box named Text0 on your form with your "C:\dir1\dir2\myfile.exe" string in it, the above would extract "C:\dir1\dir2"
'
Regards
Mark

 

[djlysuc]

Thanks Mark. It must be Monday, I didn't think of doing it that way.