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Foxpro with CD-Rom bug
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00055036
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>>>>I have a compiled and distributed application which has an inconsistent bug on systems equipped with a non-partitioned C drive and a CD Rom assigned to D:.
>>>>
>>>>for some reason, on only a few systems, foxpro will crash with an "error reading device D:" when the code "SET HELP TO ..." is executed, or when a "LOCFILE()" command is executed in an .SPR file.
>>>>
>>>>This happens on a minority of systems with the above configuration.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Paul Moon
>>>
>>>I know one bug connected to SET HELP, it fails when the path for the help file
>>>contains long names like C:\Program Files\VStudio\...
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>
>>>Nick
>>
>>The name of the help file is BPA, and the command reads as follows:
>>SET HELP TO BPA
>>
>>Path and Default are both set to \BPA which is the location of all the files.
>>
>>Any other ideas?
>Does it work if you just remove this line?

If I remove this line, it fails later in the code when a LOCFILE command is issued. (This command was generated by the screen generator.)
Paul R. Moon
Business Software Solutions
paul@businessoftware.com
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