Generate screen code causes "file access denied"

[wadesnj]

When I try to generate the spr file from my screen code, I get a "file access denied" error message and the file is not generated. If I build a complete new app, the spr is regenerated correctly.

This happens if I delete the spr file first, or leave the old version.

This has only been happending since the 13th December, although I don't think anything has changed!

Does anybody know what the problem is?

(Foxpro for DOS Version 2.6a)

 

[rgbean]

Are you using GENSCRNX? If yes, then you probably need the "high speed" update (it has to do with temp file name generation). You can get it at

http://mmfudg.org/files/genscrnx.zip.

Rick

 

[wadesnj]

Hi Rick

No, I'm not using Genscrnx, just the built in FPD26 screen builder. But your comment re temp files has made me think - it might be something to do with file permissions. I'll check this out. I assume you mean that the screen builder creates some temporary files as part of the generate process?

 

[rgbean]

Yes, it uses sys(3) to create it's visible temp files. The Hacker's Guide has this to say:

* Get a unique filename for a text file
* On a busy network, you may want to try to FCREATE()
* the file inside the loop to make sure someone else hasn't
* just grabbed the same name.
cFile = SYS(3)
DO WHILE NOT FILE(cFile+".TXT")
cFile = SYS(3)
ENDDO

Rick