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SYSTEM command third argument rejects

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NorthNone

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Jan 27, 2003
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FocWizard, I read your post ( thread243-604062 )
and tried it, but I get
(FOC36355) INVALID TYPE OF ARGUMENT #3 FOR USER FUNCTION SYSTEM
when 'I4' is the third argument for format.

-SET &CMD = 'XCOPY C:\IBI\PGFTEMP\S1590R-3.XLS \\E6BISRV01\WEB\SALES\OUT\S1590R-3.XLS';
-SET &RC = SYSTEM(&CMD.LENGTH,&CMD,'I4');

Any ideas?
TIA
JSouth


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The answer (thanks to FocWizard) was 'D4'
"According to the doc, the return arg for the SYSTEM
routine is DOUBLE PRECISION. Try the last arg as 'D4'."

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