Re: CreateDirectory fails but GetLastError says succeeded


"alpine" <alpine_don'tsendspam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In most cases, you cannot use GetLastError from VB because VB calls
> this function after each API call it makes which clears the error for
> subsequent calls to the function. To get the error info you are
> looking for, use the LastDLLError property of the Err object.
>
> HTH,
> Bryan

Thanks for that clarification.
I'll give it a try
Thanks
mark


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