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Re: expression error ( in index key )

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On Monday, February 19, 2024 at 12:25:10 PM UTC-6, Scott Coffey wrote:
> Hoping for a minor miracle here... 
...
move this code first adding explicit references to the drive you say crashes.
> if file( "c:\SCANFILE.DBF" ) = .T. 
> if file( "c:\SCANFILE.NDX" ) = .T. 
> erase ("c:\SCANFILE.NDX") 
> endif 
> use SCANFILE.DBF 
> index on ITEM to SCANFILE.NDX 

... how do you know c:\ has been selected?

> endif 
... then
> use c:\SCANFILE.DBF index C:\SCANFILE.NDX alias SCANFILE 
> Any ideas out there? 

Micro$haft never did like code writing to the root of the C-drive.  Why do you?  All that would need to happen is for the application to have selected the "working" or "program" directory for this to fail.

David A. Smith

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expression error ( in index key ) Scott Coffey <none@noemail.com.invalid> - 2024-02-19 13:25 -0500
  Re: expression error ( in index key ) frank van nuffel <fannuffel@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 05:38 -0800
  Re: expression error ( in index key ) Dlzc <turkeyheadedmutha@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 07:32 -0800
  Re: expression error ( in index key ) Scott Coffey <none@noemail.com.invalid> - 2024-02-21 09:06 -0500
  Re: expression error ( in index key ) Scott Coffey <none@noemail.com.invalid> - 2024-02-21 13:00 -0500
    Re: expression error ( in index key ) frank van nuffel <fannuffel@gmail.com> - 2024-02-21 10:27 -0800
      Re: expression error ( in index key ) frank van nuffel <fannuffel@gmail.com> - 2024-02-21 11:10 -0800
        Re: expression error ( in index key ) frank van nuffel <fannuffel@gmail.com> - 2024-02-21 11:15 -0800
          Re: expression error ( in index key ) Scott Coffey <none@noemail.com.invalid> - 2024-02-22 11:12 -0500

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