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Problem with RUN command
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10/07/2000 14:42:44
 
 
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10/07/2000 14:11:56
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00390391
Message ID:
00390403
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>I need to execute a couple of exe's from within VFP. I get the exe names with
>numfiles = ADIR(prgarray, "G:\phone bill\temp\*.exe")
>fullname = "G:\phone bill\temp" + prgarray(1,1)
>RUN &fullname
>
>I have tried this with and without the &. As the two self extracting exe's have a different name evey month, there is no way to hard code them in
>
>fullname holds the correct name, it SHOULD work, but won't.
>What am I doing wrong?

Your problem (if the name is formatted correctly) is you have a long file name with an embedded space. This will not work as a macro expansion without quotes. Try this:

RUN "&fullname"
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP

foxcentral.net
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