https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2204#M2204 it is not work when I change to win7. it is always showing wrong path....Would you help on that? Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:10:45 GMT 2011-06-03T00:10:45Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2196#M2196 I use get current directory(); but it works only when i open a fil from menu File-&gt;open. If I just open a jmp file by clicking on it and the result of get current directory() is not what is supposed to be. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:06:42 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2196#M2196 2010-07-23T08:06:42Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2197#M2197 This isn't exactly the same question but the answer to one will answer the other: having loaded a data table into JMP, can I determine at a later point in the session where it was loaded <I>from</I>?<BR /><BR />I can find this out if I've imported a <I>spreadsheet</I> into a JMP data table, because the path of the spreadsheet is recorded as a table variable, and can be retrieved with:<BR /><BR />show(dt &lt;&lt; get table variable("Notes"));<BR /><BR />However I can't see how to access the same information if the data table was simply saved as a JMP table and then later reloaded. JMP obviously possesses this information, because it knows where to write the file back to if you re-save it. Anyone? Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:51:19 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2197#M2197 2010-07-23T14:51:19Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2198#M2198 try get default directory() Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:34:39 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2198#M2198 gh 2010-07-24T12:34:39Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2199#M2199 it is not current table's path but JMP''s setting. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:29:11 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2199#M2199 2010-07-25T01:29:11Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2200#M2200 Anyone? Please. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:51:25 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2200#M2200 2010-07-27T01:51:25Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2201#M2201 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:26:49 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2201#M2201 mattf 2010-07-27T13:26:49Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2202#M2202 it works. thanks MattF. BTW did JMP launched JMP 9? Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:37:05 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2202#M2202 2010-08-02T05:37:05Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2203#M2203 FYI - JMP 9 launched today!! Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:30:32 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2203#M2203 jschroedl 2010-10-12T19:30:32Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2204#M2204 it is not work when I change to win7. it is always showing wrong path....Would you help on that? Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:10:45 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2204#M2204 2011-06-03T00:10:45Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2205#M2205 The "get path()" function MattF mentioned in JMP 9 works in Windows 7. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:07:55 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-get-current-data-table-s-directory/m-p/2205#M2205 mpb 2011-06-03T01:07:55Z