Windows Foxpro 2.6 SYS() question 3

[jpower5]

hello...

I am converting a windows 2.6 version of fox to visual fox ver 8.0
When doing this, i realized that the code for the individual buttons, etc on the screen built in 2.0 was not converted into visual fox 8.0...but
what i neeed to know is does anyone know waht the sys() function 2027 in windows 2.6 is and what is it partner in ver 8.0?? I checked the help section under sys() and sys(2027) does not exist is visual fox

thank you in advance

 

[BPeisch]

Not only is there no sys(2027) in VFP, I can't find it in the help file for FPD2.6 either. What's it supposed to do in 2.x?


-BP (Barbara Peisch)

http://www.peisch.com

 

[jpower5]

thats the 64000 question...I do not know what it is suposed to do..
What I have is the following code..
#define cPATHSYS 2027

then in the code section is this

lcgetdir = getdir(m.lcpath,"development directory"0
if not empty(m.lcgetdir)
lcdevpath= sys(cpathsys,m.lcgetdir)

 

[BPeisch]

It looks like it's adding a drive letter onto the path if there isn't one. It appears that it just adds the default drive (sys(5)), which isn't necessarily correct. I don't understand why the original programmer is doing this. GETDIR() will return the drive letter as part of the path. Since the 2027 function is undocumented, I wouldn't use it.


-BP (Barbara Peisch)

http://www.peisch.com

 

[BryonB]

I just fired up FPD 2.6 and typed "Help SYS(2027)", and got the following explanation:
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SYS(2027,<expC>)

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Returns a path with the shorthand notation for the Macintosh.
Return value - Character
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In FoxPro for Macintosh, functions (such as CURDIR() and
DBF()) that return paths use MS-DOS shorthand notation for
the paths for compatibility with FoxPro for MS-DOS and FoxPro for Windows. You can use SYS(2027) with these functions to return their results using Macintosh shorthand notation.

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It seems this function was intended only for use in Foxpro 2.6 for the Macintosh.