Subject |
Re: USE A STRING AS A FILE NAME |
From |
ED FURCHE <ED@UNIV-COMPUTERS.COM> |
Date |
Sat, 25 Jun 2022 12:00:44 -0400 |
Newsgroups |
dbase.getting-started |
Mattia Wrote:
> ED FURCHE Wrote:
>
> > I WANT TO USE A STRING AS A FILE NAME
> > EXAMPLE STNAME=" 012022.CSV" USED IN A DOS COPY COMMAND
> > I TRIED THIS...
> > !XCOPY @STNAME G:\VISPLUS AND
> > !XCOPY &STNAME G:\VISPLUS AND
> > !XCOPY %STNAME
> >
> > NONE WORKED.....
>
> You can create a string with the entire command and then use & operator
> str1 = "!XCOPY " + stname + " G:\VISPLUS\"
> &str1
>
> Check that correct paths are used
> If you want to check the command use msgbx(str1,"",0)
>
> Mattia
>
this worked...
!erase g:\excel\cash.csv
stname = "g:\excel\cash012022.csv"
str1 = "!XCOPY " + stname + " G:\excel\cash.csv"
&str1
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