HOME( ) Function

Returns the names of the Visual FoxPro and Visual Studio directories.

HOME([nLocation])

Parameters

• nLocation
  Specifies that HOME( ) returns the name of a specific Visual FoxPro or Visual Studio directory. Omitting nLocation is identical to HOME(0).

  The following table lists the values for nLocation and the directory that HOME( ) returns. The directories listed below assume that you chose the default installation directory when you installed Visual FoxPro or Visual Studio.

  nLocation	Directory
  0 or omitted	The directory from which Visual FoxPro was started
  1	The directory in which Visual FoxPro is installed
  2	The directory containing the Visual FoxPro samples. This directory is identical to the samples directory in the _SAMPLES system variable.
  3	Visual Studio Common directory
  4	Visual FoxPro Graphics directory
  5	Visual Studio MSDN directory
  6	Visual Studio Tools directory
  7	Visual FoxPro subdirectory in the user's Visual FoxPro Application Data directory
  8	Visual FoxPro Projects subdirectory in the user's Visual FoxPro My Documents directory. This directory is the default ___location for new projects and files created by Visual FoxPro.

Return Values

Character data type. HOME( ) returns the names of specific Visual FoxPro and Visual Studio directories.

Example

CLEAR
? 'Visual FoxPro startup directory:           ', HOME( )
? 'Visual FoxPro installation directory:      ', HOME(1)
? 'Visual FoxPro samples directory:           ', HOME(2)
? 'Visual Studio common directory:            ', HOME(3)
? 'Visual FoxPro graphics directory:          ', HOME(4)
? 'MSDN samples directory:                    ', HOME(5)
? 'Visual Studio tools directory:             ', HOME(6)
? 'Visual FoxPro user app data subdirectory:  ', HOME(7)
? 'Visual FoxPro user documents subdirectory: ', HOME(8)

See Also

_SAMPLES System Variable | SYS( ) Functions Overview | SYS(2004) - Visual FoxPro Start Directory