error reading file msg -vfp

[foxbldr]

Hi all,

I have a Win Xp machine running VFP 6 application that accesses network drives of NT4/Citrix environment.

During the execution, the application creates temp files on C drive using FCREATE and opens files (DBFs & other)from mapped drives. Occasionally, I get "error reading file" message while FERROR returns 0.

I have the same setup with W2K/VFP6/XP environment and it works fine. I read many postings related this error but couldn't find any suggestion that matches my environment.

Has anyone got a clue to fix this problem with VFP, without changing NT4 environment(client has 10 NT4 servers, migrating to W2k....$$$$$)

thank you all in advance.

Foxbldr

 

[rob444]

You get "error reading file" with fcreate....
Is this a VFP error or an OS error?

Rob.

 

[generlam]

This has to do with Citrix. I had similar problems several year ago, but haven't used it recently. Do some research into Citrix. It has to do with the way the drives are assigned in Citrix.

 

[foxbldr]

Rob,
Yes, Many times, I got the error with the line that contained FCREATE function. but, FERROR returned zero.

lnHandle=fcreate('dummy.txt',0)
if lnHandle>0
....
...
endif
=fclose(lnHandle)

Generlam,
I thought the same. Problem is network stuff are beyond my control.

thanks
foxbldr