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10/12/1998 13:37:30
 
 
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10/12/1998 13:28:45
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00166168
Message ID:
00166231
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25
>>>>I have this code:
>>>>
>>>>lcGenFile = pcDataDir+"\tripsoft.krt"
>>>>lcNewGenFile = lcPath+"\tripsoft.krt"
>>>>COPY FILE (lcGenFile) TO (lcNewGenFile)
>>>>lcGenFile = pcDataDir+"\tripsoft.fxp"
>>>>lcNewGenFile = lcPath+"\tripsoft.fxp"
>>>>COPY FILE (lcGenFile) TO (lcNewGenFile)
>>>>
>>>>When it gets to the last line, it tells me it can't find "C:\Windows\Temp\tripsoft.fxp". Where's it getting that from?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>-Michelle
>>>
>>>Can you trace the code through the debugger to watch the value of pcDataDir?
>>
>>
>>Well, the debugger's no good. It turns out to only happen in the exe. I put up a message box with the value right before the copy command, and it has the right directory in it. I'm baffled.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>-Michelle
>
>Are you building you path off of the start of VFox ??? I've enocuntered odd behavior trying to do so in an EXE but it works fine in development mode.
>
>Jason


I tried hardcoding the initial directory. That didn't work. So I tried hard coding lcGenfile immediately before the copy. It _still_ gives the error. This is getting very annoying...

-Michelle
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