ADIR() Information in Manuals Is Incorrect

ID: Q99757

2.00 2.50 2.50a | 2.50 2.50a

MS-DOS          | WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a

Page L3-179 of the version 2.5 "Language Reference" manual and page C3-123 of the version 2.0 "Commands & Functions" manual incorrectly state that (ARRAY1,'*A?.DBF') will return all database files with A as the second-to-last letter of the filename. This argument will instead return all files with a .DBF extension because all characters following the asterisk (*) are ignored. Therefore, "A?" is not recognized as a search parameter. This is an operating system limitation.

An alternative method of locating a file with a specific character in a specific position would be:

   ?ADIR(ARRAY1,'??????A?.DBF')

NOTE: This method will work only if you know the number of characters in the filename.

Additional reference words: FoxWin FoxDos 2.00 2.50 2.50a KBCategory: kbprg kbdocerr KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

Keywords          : FxprgGeneral 
Version           : 2.00 2.50 2.50a | 2.50 2.50a
Platform          : MS-DOS WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: April 30, 1996