Subject Re: getfile method problem From Charlie <tm@tc.com> Date Sun, 21 Apr 2024 09:32:22 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Wow...  Blowing my mind!  Happens every time on two different computers.  One is dbase 10 and the other is dbase 11.   in command: use image.dbf  > successfully opens getFile("c:\dbasewin", "Choose Files", false) >opens files successfully in both oodml and xdml use image.dbf  > error: file does not exist: image.dbf if i go to tables in navigator, the entire database is gone so all tables are missing. Yet oodml tables still work. I do realize that using oodml with xdml functions can cause problems, but I have always been able to either get a work around or fix them.  Just much easier for me to work with xdml with the type functions I am using them for.   If it was just one computer, I'd say maybe I need to reinstall windows again, but both??? Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2024/04/21 01:13, Charlie wrote: > > is there something wrong with this newsfield..  I have replied twice and don't see either..  At any rate Ken, I tried both true and false and same results. > > Like Ken, I haven't been able to replicate this.  It does, however, add > weight to the precept "It's better not to mix OODML and XDML". > > Instead of using OODML to instantiate the array together with the array > object's getfile() method,  try using the XDML GETFILE() function. > > OODML > path1 = trim(form.memo1.rowset.fields["pics"].value) > a = new array() > a.getFile(path1+"\", "Choose Files", false) > 0 > > XDML > cfile = getFile(path1+'\', "Choose Files", false) > > Mervyn.