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Any VFP 7 like version of GETDIR() for VFP 6?

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21/11/2002 19:07:07

Ed Rauh
Trumbull, Connecticut, United States

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20/11/2002 21:01:31

Naomi Nosonovsky
Wisconsin, United States

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Visual FoxPro

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Coding, syntax & commands

Title:

Re: Any VFP 7 like version of GETDIR() for VFP 6?

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00724840

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00725545

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>First of all, code by Ed Rauh (which I showed by FAQ reference and Cheang by posting it directly in the thread) would not work on Windows 95, as I recall. CreateObject('Shell.Application') line would fail.
>

It fails on Win95 pre OSR2 v 2.0 or NT 4.0 that have never had the Active Desktop shell components installed, usually accomplished by at some point installing IE v4 on the system - later IE versions did not carry the enhanced shell components.

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