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File 'shellexecute.prg' does not exist
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04/11/2022 02:37:54
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Troubleshooting
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01685206
Message ID:
01685231
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>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>A couple of times I received email error message pointing to the fact that
>>>'ShellExecute.prg' does not exist.
>>>
>>>In my code I do have calls to execute the ShellExecute (Windows API function) when printing PDF documents.
>>>So, the ShellExecute is outside of what my program created.
>>>
>>>What would cause this error?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>This is the code of how my program executes the ShellExecute. Please let me know if you see anything wrong with my code.
>>
>>ADLLS( aDllList )
>>
>>IF TYPE( "aDllList" ) = "C" AND ASCAN(aDllList,"ShellExecute",-1,-1,1) > 0
>>	lLoadDll = .F.
>>ENDIF
>>
>>IF lLoadDll
>>		
>>	DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN "Shell32.dll" ;
>>	    INTEGER hwnd, ;
>>	    STRING lpVerb, ;
>>	    STRING lpFile, ;
>>	    STRING lpParameters, ;
>>	    STRING lpDirectory, ;
>>	    LONG nShowCmd
>>
>>ENDIF 
>>
>>lnResult =Shellexecute(0, tcCommand, tcFileName, tcParameter,tcDirectory,tnShowCommand)
>>
>>
>
>I think most of this code is overkill. No need for checking if the dll is already declared. Just declare it, if it's already declare VFP won't declare it again.

Thank you, Tore.
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