Subject Re: allowing user to change or add an alias From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:19:32 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2017-06-17 1:53 AM, Ken Mayer wrote: > On 6/16/2017 4:48 PM, Charlie wrote: >> Hi Ken... >> >> OK now I understand.  I overlooked bdealias.cc and that is why I was >> trying to work with 'ex'. >> >> OK I have tried the following code which is mainly yours.  It works >> (changes the path) but it also hangs up dbase.  It never gets down to >> my message box.  Dbase is unresponsive and I have to close it to do >> anything. >> >> Is it something I am doing or not doing? > > I don't know. I didn't see it do that when I tested it ... > > Ken > > I'm getting almost the same result as Charlie.  His computer hangs when he deletes an alias.  Mine hangs when I create an alias. Initially I had the instance of bdealias assigned to a user-defined property of a form.  I have now run the three lines of code you posted from the command line with the same result.  The moment the createAlias() method is executed dBASE becomes unresponsive.  This morning I gave it 3 minutes before I gave up and killed dBASE. (Watching that little blue circle go round and round for 3 minutes feels like hours :-) ) The config file used by bdealias.cc is C:\ProgramData\Common Files\Borland\BDE\IDAPI.CFG Despite dBASE hanging the actual BDEalias is created correctly and can be seen in BDEAdministrator.exe. Mervyn.