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  1. gypsy247

    cannot delete file - filename too long

    correction - In my previous post I meant "scandisk" when I wrote "defrag". sorry.
  2. gypsy247

    cannot delete file - filename too long

    Thank you all for your suggestions. Here's what I've tried so far: I ran scandisk, it didn't help. I then downloaded scandefrag and ran it but got the following error "ScanDisk was unable to correct this error because there is already a file or folder named 'Programs' in the top-level...
  3. gypsy247

    cannot delete file - filename too long

    When trying to delete a folder in my windows\programs folders I got the following message ""the folder {foldername} contains items whose name is too long for the recycle bin. Do you want to permanently delete it ?" I answered "yes" and got the following message ...
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    appending dates from a text file

    Does anyone know if this has been fixed in VFP 8.0 ? Does a date in line sequential file formatted as mm/dd/yyyy append correctly into a date field when exexuting an "append from ........ type sdf" Julie
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    appending dates from a text file

    I installed the SP5 this afternoon but it didn't fix it. The data is in fixed length(columnar) format and is not delimited and is appended as SDF (sorry, I forgot to mention that) and I have no control over how it is formatted. Looks I'm stuck with the 2-step approach. The files are to big to...
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    appending dates from a text file

    I receive a weekly file that contains dates and needs to be appended into a table. Currently this is done by appending into a temporary table that has all the date fields defined as character (10) and then appending this into the final table that has the date fields. This works but,as these...
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