Strange Error

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I have a period of codes as following:

Dim category As String
category = CurDir
MsgBox category
ChDir "F:IA"
MsgBox CurDir

It is very strange that the output message is always C:Documents and settingsAdiministratorMy Documents

Can you tell me why? How to fix the problem? i want to output the current folder name(not full one).
TIA
 

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Hi

The ChDir statement changes the default directory but not the default drive!

What you probably need is something like:

Dim category As String
category = CurDir
MsgBox category
ChDrive "F:\IA"
MsgBox CurDir


Or

Dim category As String
category = CurDir
MsgBox category
ChDrive "F:"
ChDir "F:\IA"
MsgBox CurDir
 
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Maybe i made a mistake.
I had thought that the CurDir function will return me the current folder name of current file or current folder.
So what's the actual usage of CurDir. The help file on it is too simple
 
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So the problem comes to decide the folder name of a file, the direct foler containing the file, not the full path.
 
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