Changing the records folder

You can change the location of the records folder for several reasons:

To route users to different files in a modular piece and still retain their individual records
To set up separate records folders for individual users when multiple users work with the same piece
To relocate records to another disk (often necessary when you are running on a network)

If user records are write-protected, Authorware is prevented from updating records as the piece runs. This commonly occurs because the user doesn't have access privileges to the folder. It's a good idea to check whether the user record is write-protected by trying to write a text file to the folder that contains user records.

You will need to use either functions or variables to change the records folder location:

Specify the folder in the variable RecordsLocation. See RecordsLocation.
Specify the new records folder in the last argument of the JumpFile or JumpFileReturn function.

Changing the records folder

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