>I can consistently bring down VFP 5.0 by forgetting to put a floppy in the a: drive and have my application execute the following where gcPassName = A:\STUDENT.IMS
>
>gcPassName = IMSLOCATION &&Public set in Splash Form
>gcPassFile = PUTFILE('Student logfile disk:', gcPassName, 'IMS')
>IF EMPTY(gcPassFile) && Esc or Cancel pressed
> CLOSE TABLES ALL
> THISFORM.Release
>ENDIF
>COPY TO &gcPassFile ALL TYPE DELIMITED WITH TAB
>MESSAGEBOX('Log file successfully created!', 0, 'IMS Logfile')
>
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>I get a message from Windows95 that "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown". The error occurs on the second line of the above code, issuing the PUTFILE without a floppy in the drive. When I put a floppy in prior to executing this command, it works. Also, if gcPassName is set to the C or D drive, everything is OK. Any ideas how to prevent this crash? My users are bound to forget to put a floppy in occassionaly. Please respond here or to dowe@itsnet.com. Thanks.

A quick fix is to issue; lnSpace = DiskSpace(cVolumeName). If lnSpace
is -1, the drive could not be read.

Steve Despres
EZ Data Inc
sdespres@erols.com