>>>>I have a config.fpw included with the exe as a text file in the project/other section. In the exe I have a function that needs to read the content of another disk file, in a different folder. The disk file happens to be named config.fpw as well, yet VFP functions (FILE(), FREAD(), etc) keep reading the content of the config.fpw file from the exe, even though I pass the file name with the complete path.
>>>>There must be a way to force VFP to read the file from disk, right? TIA
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>>>Nope,
>>>There is no way to force VFP to read disk file.
>>>Just change the name of the disk file.
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>>Thanks Borislav. That's what I ended up doing; copied the disk file to a temp file, then read the temp. However, there's no clear way to determine if the original disk file is there, since all VFP native functions refer to the file within the exe. Therefore, COPY or RENAME have to be used within TRY ... ENTRY, or any other exception/error handling structure.
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>O! I just remember something, but NOT sure if it will work:
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>lcConfig = EXECSCRIPT("FILETOSTR('c:\MyFolder\Config.FPW')")
>? lcConfig
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>NOT TESTED!!!
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>UPDATE: I just saw that Naomi points you to a thread that it is already discussed.
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EXECSCRIPT works! In my case, the whole block of code would have to be scripted, including IF FILE(externalFile) .... FILETOSTR(), etc.
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Yes, Naomi's reply points to a thread that basically leads to the same conclusion; find a way to execute statements outside the executable.
Thanks again.