>>>Maybe this isn't a VFP issue, but I hope you can help me.
>>>
>>>I am coding a program to update a database with information sent to me in diskette (the files are plain text), the problem is that every time I try to read the directory listing, I get the same listing from the first diskette no matter how many times I switch diskettes.
>>>
>>>Any ideas of what can be wrong???

>I think this may possibly be a hardware problem, or at least a cable problem.
>I think that one of the wires on the cable (pin 37 ???) controls when a diskette switch takes place and tells the OS that it needs to re-read the floppy for current information.

>Does it read the same from Windows Explorer, or is it only with VFP you have the problem?



I think your right Fred, in the Explorer I get the same results but only from Drive A:, I'm changing the drive and cable and I'll let you know the results.


Big thanks.

Jorge Villaseñor