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Problem with RUN command
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07/09/2000 09:54:49
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00413453
Message ID:
00413465
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17
>Hi,
>I am trying to create a call to external program.
>I created a string with command line options,parameters etc. and then
>call RUN command.
>When I use RUN/N1 &lcCommand everything looks good, but when I did
>RUN &lcCommand, I've got an error message 'String is too long'.
>So, when I use option N1, VFP doesn't check and send it to OS?
>Does anybody have a similar problem?
>TIA

Jerry, try to create the full command string before your execute it.

lcRunCommand = "RUN " + lcCommand && or "RUN/1 " + lcCommand
&lcRunCommand
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
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