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SYS(3) & VARIABLES
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From
10/07/2001 11:51:50
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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10/07/2001 11:49:03
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00528678
Message ID:
00528681
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19
>I am using the SYS(3) function of VFP to set up two variables. This was working great until some processor and Op system upgrades. The code reads:
>STORE SYS(3) TO C_ARTEMP
>STORE SYS(3) TO C_INVTEMP
>
>This used to create two different values in the two variables, but now the two variables have the same value. Ex: 854136626
>Is there some way to insure that these two will have different values?
>
>Upgrade from:400 mhz celeron to:733mhz PentIII ;from:Win98 to:Windows 2000 ;from:128 to:256M of ram. Is that too fast to make SYS(3) pick a different random number?

Too fast? Yes, that is a possibility. Try sys(2015), perhaps it works better.

Hilmar.
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