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Bizarre behaviour Re: config.fp file
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20/01/1999 16:24:01
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Visual FoxPro
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Troubleshooting
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00178235
Message ID:
00178264
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>>Check the command line [for] a "-c" option [...] Also, if they have a FOXPROCFG (sp?) environment variable
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>Thanks! It works! However I am just wondering why it works for some users without the -c switch in the command line!

My guess is that where it *wasn't* working they had a FOXPROCFG environment variable pointing to a different config.fp. You shouldn't have to put the -c switch in the command line if the config.fp file is in the same directory as the exe, unless there's some other thing overriding where FoxPro looks for the config.fp.

In other words, if it were me troubleshooting this, I'd have looked for what to *remove* from the non-working computers (probably the environment var), rather than *adding* the -c to point the exe back to its default.

But (a) I wasn't troubleshooting this, (b) your solution works, (c) as usual in FoxPro, there are a number of ways to approach the problem. I'm telling you your working solution is wrong!
Rich Addison, Micro Vane, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI
Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew.
- Charlie Papazian, The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing
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