Function Reference

_WinAPI_GetTempFileName

Creates a name for a temporary file

#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
_WinAPI_GetTempFileName ( $sFilePath [, $sPrefix = ''] )

Parameters

$sFilePath The directory path for the file name. Applications typically specify a period (.) for the current directory.

$sPrefix [optional] The prefix string. The function uses up to the first three characters of this string as the prefix of the
file name.

Return Value

Success: The temporary file name.

Failure: Sets the @error flag to non-zero, call _WinAPI_GetLastError() to get extended error information.

Remarks

Temporary files whose names have been created by this function are not automatically deleted.

Related

See Also

Search GetTempFileName in MSDN Library.