>I tried detecting a drive at that valid even of my textbox and this was my command...
>
>IF ! empty(this.value)
> dirdrive=alltrim(this.value)
> oFSO = CREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> STORE oFSO.FolderExists("&dirdrive:\") to hon
> IF hon=.f.
> ans=messagebox('This is not a valid drive or there is no disk ;
> in the drive, please try again')
> this.value=''
> RETURN 0
> ENDIF
>ENDIF
>
>however, when i tried compiling it and running it in a windows 95 environment, the createobject triggered an error. is there a way of solving this problem or is there another way of detecting a drive aside from this? by the way, i'm using visual foxpro 6 in developing the system.
>
>stephanie

Superficially it looks like the Windows Scripting Host (WSH) has not been installed on that machine. It was not a native part of Windows 95.

IIRC from reading other threads, you can install WSH by installing IE 4.0 with the Active Desktop option.

Ed Rauh has created a number of detailed messages here on this topic. You could:

- search messages here
- look up Ed & George Tasker's 5-part articles on WSH at www.vfug.org
- look here in the FAQs