string concatenation making me sick!

[csvideo]

I using VFP6 with a form the has a danazip activeX control for zippin all the files in my data path. The follow code is where I'm getting the problem

h = set ('path')
h = alltr(h)+"*.*"

h hold something like C:\SALES\DATA\*.* however it holds

C:\SALES\DATA*.*


as if they is a CHR(13) in there. It does the correct thing in VFP5 but whats happen in VFP6?

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

chrisman

Have just tried your exact code under VFP 6.0 without a problem

h = SET('path') + "*.*"

also works correctly, so it is not a feature of VFP 6.0. HTH

Chris

 

[Scott24x7]

Chrisman,
Try this instead, it *might* help...
NEWPATH = ALLTRIM(SET('PATH'))
IF RIGHT(NEWPATH,1) # "\"
NEWPATH = NEWPATH+"\*.*"
ELSE
NEWPATH = NEWPATH+"*.*"
ENDIF

I think you might find this slightly more consistant than your current code, and may solve your problem.

Best Regards,
Scott

Please let me know if this has helped

 

[rgbean]

Scott,
newpath = ADDBS(SET('path')) + "*.*"

SET() always returns the string ALLTRIM(), and ADDBS() [add backslash - if not trailing character] has been with us since FPW, either in FoxTools or since VFP 6.0 natively.

Rick

 

[Scott24x7]

Rick,
Ahh, yes, I forgot about that one... I so rarely have a need to muck with proper paths.... Good eye...
Best Regards,
Scott

Please let me know if this has helped