I am trying to get the directory where the tables in a specific database
are stored so as to copy all the files to a floppy disk.  The files
could be stored anywhere at install but the BDE alias holds the
pathname.  I am trying to get the path out of the AliasParams property
of the delphi created TSession component.  The docs say that is is a
global variable Session but I cannot seem to access it. Any insight
would be appreciated

thanks

jack

I believe this works on Window NT platforms but not on win95 platforms.
We had a program that used the path to calculate another, but the program
never worked with Win95.

The line of said code was

   dbAlias.Params.Value['PATH']

I have no idea if this helps, it's more of an observation.

Dan Collins

var
  i : Integer;
  lines : TStringList;
  path : string;
begin

  lines:=TStringList.Create;
  Session.GetAliasParams('FAKTURA',lines);
  for i:=0 to lines.count-1 do
  begin
    if Copy(lines[i],1,5)='PATH=' then
      path:=Copy(lines[i],6,255);
  end;
  lines.Free;

end;

        /Tomas

I use a TDatabase component to point to different file sets in various
locations then I maintain a list of the TDatabase objects and pass these to
a 3rd party backup control which uses a TMemo to contain a line for each
file set for each TDatabase from the PATH variable.  The backup to floppy
control works great.  Spans multiple disks, LZ compression support, etc...
Real handy.

On 25 Jan 1997 06:12:29 GMT, "James R Anderson"

Could you tell me which backup control you are using ?

Thanks !

Thomas Marti