>>>I want to have a menu item to "Save data files to disk" in my application... an .exe developed in vfp5.0. I plan on using a pkzip command to zip the files to disk so the file can be scanned across disks if necessary due to file size.
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>>>I need to ask the users if their floppy drive is A: or B: then use that drive letter in the pkzip command. What's the most efficient way to do this?
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>>>MTIA!
>>>Mandy
>>Mandy,
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>>I would use a combobox with this in the init;
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>> THIS.AddListItem("A:",1)
>> THIS.AddListItem("B:",2)
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>>Make it a dropdownlist type.
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>So I would have to create a form to put this in first? Is there a way to just run a command from the menu to just create a messagebox like object with the question "where is your floppy, a or b?" then use the resulting keystroke in the pkzip command? Can I use the "createobject" command to create a mini form 'box' for this? Am I really confused?? ;)
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>Mandy

The simplest way is really to bring messagebox:
n=messagebox("Answer 'Yes' if floppy in 'A', and 'No' if floppy in 'B'",3)
Another simple way is to have three SET MARKed menu options.
Other ways are also simple enough, but here you should add some control to your form/toolbar, e.g., as Jim said, you can use combobox.