Clipper DOS Calls on Windows 2000 1

[Guest_imported]

Am having a problem writing to a floppy drive from Clipper 5 under Windows 2000. The DOS Call used is not recognised by Windows 2000. Are there alternative calls I can use ?

 

[oldfart]

What is the DOS command being called ? It is possible that the Exe file is not part of Windows 2000.
The actual call from Clipper to DOS should work OK with either the Run command or Blinkers' SwpRumCmd

 

[circes9]

What exactly are you trying to do?
Are you trying to append to a file located on the A: drive?
Are you trying to copy or create a file on it?
Did your code work properly on pc's with operating systems other than Win2000?
What linker are you using?
Good luck

 

[DianneD]

I ran into a similar problem with DOS calls in windows 2000. The solution I found was to change my commands from RUN Start /w GETPRINTER
to
RUN cmd /c GETPRINTER
The Run start caused windows to wait for the other program to return control before continueing on. The Run Cmd performs a similar function in Windows 2000. GETPRINTER is the .EXE. I use this command with various EXE's including both DOS and Windows programs.