>>>>When I get out from LOCFILE() window by "Cancel" open an error window: "File does not exist." "Cancel, Suspend, Ignore". This is not good for users. How can I manage this situation in my program?
>>>>(VFP 9.0)
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>>>Check out for not empty the result of LocFile before the next statement.
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>>Nadya, that would be GetFile(). LocFile() seems to be DESIGNED to return an error message. I suggested to use GetFile().
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>Ok, then just check the file existence with SYS(2000)
Oh, well, I never used locfile() myself... I found out in the meantime that locfile() is designed to open a single file, not to find a file by extension. TRY...CATCH does seem to work, though.
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