I mapped the macro folder to “Y:\” and the document folder to “X:\”, and now the PREF commands work perfectly.
Hallelujah!!!

Thanks to all,
Adrian

Looks like this is a known problem over at WPUniverse:
http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?postid=205707

There is nothing in the Corel knowledgebase mentioning these commands.

Jerry Stern
Webmaster, http://www.pc410.com

I don’t have WP 9 installed to check, but this works in 10, and crashes in X4–it’s as created by the Macro Recorder, which is usually the simplest base statement set:

Application (WordPerfect; “WordPerfect”; Default!; “EN”)
PrefLocationOfDocuments (Path: “D:\S08\”)
PrefSave ()

A similar test works in both WP10 and X4 here for the macro folder, again, using the Macro recorder, and then seeing if what was recorded will play:

Application (WordPerfect; “WordPerfect”; Default!; “EN”)
PrefLocationOfMacroFiles(Path: “D:\”)
PrefSave()

I also tried a network address (\\unc-path\drive), and it made no difference; the recorded macro for file locations still crashes in X4, and still works in 10.

Worth checking: WP 9 looks like it should be version 9.0.0.664 or above:
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1153321224268?pid=1208716793655

Any time the code from the Macro Recorder won’t run on a very short test case like this, it’s clearly a bug, as the recorder has to match the compiler. As the recorder code matches between 10 & X4, I’d guess a bug in the compiler, and I don’t see an easy workaround.

Jerry Stern
Webmaster, http://www.pc410.com

PrefLocationOfDocuments ( Path: “\\ROTHDESK\WordPerfect Documents”; UseDefExt:Yes!; UpdateQuickList: No!; UseExplorerStyleFileDialogs: No!; UseOrigFileFormat: Yes!;
UseODMAIntegration: No! )

PrefLocationOfMacroFiles ( MacroDir: “\\ROTHDESK\WordPerfect Macros”; MacroSupplDir: “C:\WordPerfect Macros”; UpdateQuickList:No! )

Any thoughts about these?
Adrian

Should be possible. How about posting the complete line of the macro containing the command that isn’t working?