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Fox does not see file at runtime
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02/01/2002 17:19:41
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00599962
Message ID:
00599991
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13
>I compiled the file and then called the 'FXP' instead of the 'PRG' and that
>mades it happy!, I think fox was compiling and storing the 'FXP' in a directory
>out of the path, I don't know, but I though that if you say
>DO c:\temp\FileName.prg, fox will compile and look for a file
>
>c:\Temp\FileName.fxp.
>
>Don't you think?
>
>Thaks for your help.
>
>>>Thanks for your answer Claudio.
>>>I can not include the program file name in the code, I don't know in advance
>>>which program will run. Let me give you more details:
>>>
>>>This application is a generic 'Report Menu' that let the users run reports, I
>>>store the code for the reports in MEMO fields, that way when a change needs to be made I do not have to kick the users out of the system, I just update the
>>>code in the memo field. One piece of code handles all the reports, I just need the name/code of the report, get the record and copy the memo to a file and then
>>>run the report from that file. Got it now?
>>>
>>> The problem is, that at run time Fox doesn't see file. :(
>>>
>>
>>
>>What about the '.fxp' are they at the same folder, are they compiled recently ?
>>
>>Claudio

At runtime, you have to COMPILE explicitly. This requires VFP6, SP3, or later. In previous versions, it was an excluded feature.

Hilmar.
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