filestorage SubDirectory property
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Applies to
acFileStorage component as subproperty of AutoExtract.ExtractTo.  

Declaration
property SubDirectory: String;  

Description
The value of the Directory property points the directory or subdirectory where will be stored your files on program startup.  

Examples of usage
1. If you would like to extract stored files to the Desktop — just make TopLevelDir property "sdDesktop". Leave SubDirectory string clean.  
 
2. If you would like to extract files to current directory, create subdirectory named, let's say, "plugins" and exctract files there — set ToplevelDir property as "sdCurrentDir" and assign SubDirectory property as "plugins" (SubDirectory := 'plugins'). If you would like to create this subdirectory automatically even if it's does not exists — set CreatePath property to True.  
 
3. If you would like to extract your files to non-system folder (for example, to "h:\databases\my own database\") then you don't need to use any toplevel directories, just set ToplevelDir property to "sdNone" and assign to SubDirectory "h:\databases\my own database" path. If you would like to create this subdirectory automatically even if it's does not exists — set CreatePath property to True.  

Note
You don't need to change anything from AutoExtract subproperties at run-time because of these auto extracting features used by acFileStorage on program startup only. You may set this property at design-time only, all run-time modifications will senseless.  

See also
Extract method.