Hi Tommy,

I got the same error message in this code MESSAGE# 1452217 and under VFP 9.0. I must use Sleep() instead INKEY().

But in your case...

MartinaJ

>Hi Gang!
>
>I am getting an error with the following line of code:
>
>IF INKEY() = 27
>
>The error is "Function argument value, type, or count is invalid" (Error 11)
>
>How can I be passing an invalid argument when I am not passing any argument at all? This error is sporadic and not one that I can consistantly reproduce. In fact, exiting the program, reopening it and the repeating the function usually works without error.
>
>

>LPARAMETERS lcFileName, llExitLoop2
>
>LOCAL llFileExists
>llFileExists = .F.
>ltStart  = DATETIME()
>llExitLoop2 = .F.
>
>DO WHILE ((DATETIME() - ltStart) < 120) AND NOT llExitLoop2
>*TMT 10/24/08 put this message on the frmseod form.
>*        WAIT WINDOW "Waiting for response from CentralWarehouse - " + STR((DATETIME() - ltStart),3,0) + " seconds elapsed." NOWAIT
>    WAIT "Waiting for file - " + UPPER(ALLTRIM(lcFileName)) + " - " + ;
>		STR( 120 - (DATETIME() - ltStart)  ,3,0) + " seconds remaining." WINDOW NOWAIT 
>
>    IF FILE('c:\temp\' + lcFileName)
>        llFileExists = .T.
>        WAIT CLEAR
>        EXIT
>    ENDIF
>    IF INKEY() = 27	&& ESC pressed
>		llExitLoop2 = .T.
>        EXIT
>    ENDIF
>    DOEVENTS
>ENDDO
>
>IF NOT llFileExists AND NOT llExitLoop2
>*TMT 10/24/08 put this message on the frmseod form.
>	WAIT "Customer Extract - No acknowlegment returned from EZDW - '" + ALLTRIM(lcFileName) + "'." WINDOW TIMEOUT 5 
>	DO centrack WITH "POSEZDW","Wait4EZDW", .F., 0, .T., .F., .F., "EZDW - No customer acknowledgment file returned - '" + ALLTRIM(lcFileName) + "'."
>    RETURN .F.
>ELSE
>	IF NOT llFileExists AND llExitLoop2	&& We ESCAPED out
>        RETURN .F.
>    ENDIF
>ENDIF
>
>*TMT 08/05/08 Wait 1 second after the webservice has let go of the file before trying to open it with
>*the FOPEN below.... else we may get a "File Access is Denied" error
>ltStart  = DATETIME()
>DO WHILE DATETIME() - ltStart < 1 &&	1 seconds to pass
>ENDDO
>*TMT
>RETURN .T.
>

>
>Any ideas??
>
>Thanks!