Andrew, Check the Shares properties as well as the Admin rights of the folder. Many people overlook the admin rights and ownership and in may cases are not aware they even exist, thinking they are the same. They are not.
Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Stirling Sent: 2009-01-29 12:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Error #202 Invalid path or file name Thanks Vassilis,Alan,Chrisof The application is my own. he is working on XP Pro SP3 The defaults are c:\calcpay\pay08_09\calcpay09.exe beneath this is the company folders with the data, comp1,comp2 etc also beneath is an 'output' folder where the more experienced users can use to save one off reports in PDF,CSV,XLS etc. I got him to reinstall the program & runtime files (all on the c:\calcpay\pay08_09\ folder) He can now save to the default folder c:\calcpay\pay08_09\output with the correct extension, but when he tries to save to the folder he wants the error comes up. I do not use macro-substitution to save the file path & name. My backup system which he has set up to a shared folder also uses the PUTFILE to get the file folder/name.zip. This works fine. He has updated from sp2 to sp3. The problem may have started happening when he did this. He is knowledgeable re IT matters. None else has informed me of this error, but that may well be because this option in my product is rarely used and/or few will have updated to sp3. I will send your comments to him & await a reply. Thanks again. Andrew Stirling 01250 874580 http://www.calcpay.co.uk HMRC Accredited UK payroll program Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: > Hi Andrew, > >> If he brings up the 'Save As' option it errors as above. > > Aside from blanks in the path name another common cause for this error is > when one of the directories in the chain is either hidden or has the system > attribute set. Some functions in VFP validate the path by checking the > existence every single directory. Those fail when one them is hidden. Not > all file functions in VFP are affected by this, though. > Alan What is he trying to save and from which application? Can he locate that folder via Windows and say create a new file in it? That will tell you if it's a permissions issue. Being an admin doesn't guarantee access to all folders but will allow you to grant access to yourself if you don't have it. Vassilis Try to save in c:\ or try to save in a location where the full path string doesn't contain any spaces. if your save succeeds check your code for a macro-substitution of the destination path string. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/8a8bc1752cf2456db053be9abdbec...@develop ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
