Introduction

When it comes to the operating system, we don't need to interact with device drivers or create multidimensional graphics for users; most of the time we just need to search the filesystem to access files or folders.

Windows provides multiple ways to interact with it. In this chapter, we will be using those functions to not only read the filesystem but also to check the user's environment, query the registry, or check for specific administrator permissions. These can all be performed within NAV, although many require a little outside help from a built-in or a custom automation control.