>From the help file:
FULLPATH( ) returns the path for the first file relative to the second fileI looked in the Hacker's Guide for VFP 6 (the best explanation for many things) and they have an example very similar to what I am dealing with. Their explanation is:
"you can use FULLPATH() to find the location of a table in a DBC:
OPEN DATA TasTrade
? FULLPATH( DBFETPROP("customer", "table","path"), DBC())
* returns "F:\VFP\SAMPLES\TASTRADE\DATA\CUSTOMER.DBF"
I am still not clear why the code that I am dealing with has the DBC() parameter in it. Come to think of it, I don't think that the FULLPATH() there is necessary either. But I won't take it out unless I am certain 100% that nothing will be broken.
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