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Negative sys(3) numbers
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26/03/1999 12:33:17
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00202436
Message ID:
00202457
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>Does anybody know why FoxPro release sys(3) negative numbers (?!), should be always positive because it is considered to return a unique, legal file name.
>Thanks
Sorin,
Never thrust sys(3) for a unique filename. Better use sys(2015), on a given computer it's unique. ie:
tcTempFile = stuff("T"+sys(2015),9,0,".")
Cetin
Çetin Basöz

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