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Drive letter B not found in FPW
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
FoxPro Windows
OS:
Windows XP SP2
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Thread ID:
01197624
Message ID:
01198327
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12
FP for Dos does recognize it. It must be some bug in FPW.

>Does not ring bells at all Peter.
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>Just to point out that with FPWindows2.6 you need to ensure you are declaring a 16-bit version of the Win API funtion. I didn't think it would be in Kernel32.
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>>We develop using the free drive letter B. It is free because there is no real floppy drive B. We use 'DECLARE DefineDosDevice in kernel32' to map some other drive+path to B:.
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>>VFP recognizes the defined B: very well. So does FPDos. However, FPWindows 2.6a does not. When doing 'MODIFY SCREEN ?', drive B: is not in the list, on my machine.
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>>Does this ring a bell? If so, please reply. Perhaps there is some repair or workaround.
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>>BTW, I already tried the SUBST command. The result was similar.
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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