Subject Re: Problems with file() in db9.5
From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net>
Date Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:16:35 -0700
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

On 7/28/2015 3:13 PM, jamesG wrote:
> Hi .
> I'm having a problem with this function in db9, it was working before but now i can't make it work. "
> if I do this:
> ---------------------
> sele select()
> use :ctmulti:company.dbf
> browse
> use
> It works no problem, but if I do this:
>
> ? file(":ctmulti:company.dbf")
>
> return false.
>
> does anybody have any idea?
>
> I'm stuck in this problem and i don't know if it is a bug or not, but in general db9 is kind of cumbersome, 2.8 was more friendly, specially the report generator in db9 is terrible. (OH!! that is a whole new post.)

I am not sure why you would expect the file object to understand a
database alias. Try this:

d = new database()
d.databaseName := "ctmulti"
d.active := true
? d.tableExists( "company" )

Ken


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