>Here is the problem:
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>s1='\\drive\dir\main.fxp'
>s2='\\otherdrive\dir\main.fxp'
>copy file (s1) to (s2)
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>Works fine until I run from within an APP, where another file called MAIN.FXP is also included. In this case, I get the error:
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>C:\temp\main.fxp does not exist.
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>It seems that even thought the source file is fully qualified, VFP overrides it with the embedded file. Seems bizarre. If this is true, how do I work around this VFP bug ?
>
>If not, is there another explanation for this problem ?
The explanation seems sensible. VFP's built-in commands look within the EXE (or APP) first.
Usually, the COPY command would work. Perhaps you should - exceptionally - use the DOS COPY command, the Windows API, or WSH.
Hilmar.
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