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In my program, before the main dialog window runs, I run a windows explorer window so that the user can select a folder which contains the DBF needed to run the main dialog. If the program finds the DBF then the main dialog will run, however, if it is not found, the program shows a message to tell the user that the DBF does not exist in the folder they have chosen and then ends the program. However, although the message displays correctly, if the user clicks the ok button to remove the message from the screen i get a base error 1002 (Alias Does Not Exist) displayed. I know I could solve this by placing the DBF into every folder, but i was wondering if there was another way to end the program without doing that?

CODE;

STATIC FUNCTION OpenRepDets()
LOCAL RetVal := .F.
LOCAL mFileName := ALLTRIM(mDataSet)+"\REPDETS.DBF"

IF FILE(mFileName)
IF SELECT("REPDETS") <> 0
REPDETS->(DBCLOSEAREA())
ENDIF
IF SELECT("REPDETS") == 0
mFileName := ALLTRIM(mDataSet)+"\REPDETS"
IF NET_USE(mFileName,.F.,5)
RetVal := .T.
SET INDEX TO &mFileName.

PRIVATE RangeFields[FCOUNT()]
AFIELDS (RangeFields)
mRdName := ASCAN(RangeFields,"REP_DESCR") > 0
mRdParam := ASCAN(RangeFields,"REP_PARAM") > 0
mRdComm := ASCAN(RangeFields,"REP_COMM") > 0
ENDIF
ENDIF
ELSE
msginfo(mdataset)
MsgInfo("Report Ranges File Not Found")
ENDIF

RETURN RetVal

Thanks in advance for any help!

Deano,

After the locals place this code:

IF ! FILE(mFileName)
return .f.
endif

Antonio,

I have placed those lines into the code now, but am still getting the 1002 error, here is the code after the lines have been added, have I missed something??

CODE;

STATIC FUNCTION OpenRepDets()
LOCAL RetVal := .F.
LOCAL mFileName := ALLTRIM(mDataSet)+"\REPDETS.DBF"
IF ! FILE(mFileName)
return .f.
endif

IF FILE(mFileName)
IF SELECT("REPDETS") <> 0
REPDETS->(DBCLOSEAREA())
ENDIF
IF SELECT("REPDETS") == 0
mFileName := ALLTRIM(mDataSet)+"\REPDETS"
IF NET_USE(mFileName,.F.,5)
RetVal := .T.
SET INDEX TO &mFileName.

PRIVATE RangeFields[FCOUNT()]
AFIELDS (RangeFields)
mRdName := ASCAN(RangeFields,"REP_DESCR") > 0
mRdParam := ASCAN(RangeFields,"REP_PARAM") > 0
mRdComm := ASCAN(RangeFields,"REP_COMM") > 0
ENDIF
ENDIF
ELSE
MsgInfo(mdataset)
MsgInfo("Report Ranges File Not Found")
ENDIF
msginfo(1)
RETURN RetVal

Many Thanks

Deano,

Please try this:

IF ! FILE(mFileName)
return .f.
endif
MsgInfo( "The file exists!" )

and let us know if you get that message. Also, what RDD are you using ?

Antonio,

I am using SQL, and program now works, many thanks!

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