>I've read the help, but I must not be understanding it. The directory inside the TRY does not exist, so I thought that it would then go to the CATCH and run that code. It doesn't. It just goes to the ENDTRY.
>
>
>TRY
> MessageFullFileName = ALLTRIM(THIS.HL7OutDirectory) + SUBSTR(SYS(2015),4,8) + ".HL7"
> STRTOFILE(THIS.oSendData.strProcessData,MessageFullFileName,0)
>CATCH TO oException
> MessageFullFileName = ALLTRIM(THIS.HL7BackupDirectory) + SUBSTR(SYS(2015),4,8) + ".HL7"
> STRTOFILE(THIS.oSendData.strProcessData,MessageFullFileName,0)
>ENDTRY
>
What you've actually found is some interesting behaviour on the part of STRTOFILE(). If the target folder doesn't exist, the command does not error, it appears to simply do nothing.
Regards. Al
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