>>>>>>I am troubleshooting a problem that could have been caused by function File() not finding a file in my .EXE. So I have a couple of questions:
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>>>>>>1. Does FILE() look inside the .EXE file (just to be sure that this is a valid function to search in .EXE)?
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Yes>>>>>
>>>>>>2. Does FILE() care if the file is in upper case, lower case, or mixed case? (e.g. file( "mYfile.dbf") or file("MYFILE.DBF") etc.)
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No>>>>>
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>>>>>>TIA
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>>>>Thank you, Boris.
>>>>
>>>>If you think of any "circumstance" where FILE() would not find a file in the .EXE, please let me know.
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>>>There is no way. Even if you search with full path and have the same file built-in EXE you always will get .t. as a result of the function.
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>>>So if you build "TEST.TXT" in EXE and search it like this:
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>>>? FILE("c:\MyTestrFoilder\Test.TXT") ---- > .t.
>>>>>>even if there is no such file or folder.
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>>Does .EXE have to be in the PATH or .EXE simply searches through itself even if it is not in the PATH?
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>No, VFP just searches in EXE.
Thank you.
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