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10/12/1998 13:42:36
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00166168
Message ID:
00166233
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21
>>>>>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


Hang on, I'm thinking. It's Thursday and my brain is experiencing an intermittant failing bit.

Jason
Jason Tryon
Senior Systems Analyst / Technical Lead
eBusiness / iPage
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