Joe Yoder wrote on 2011-02-22:

> Tracy,

>

> Thanks for the followup on the pegged processor potential. Your

> conclusions line up with what I was thinking but I didn't have the

> details on your code.

>

> I solved the "cmd /c" puzzle by doing "cmd /?" at the command line.

> The "/c" parameter means execute the command that follows an terminate.

>

> In my experience, the example of a redirect to a long filename that you

> give, '> "C:\Temp\Space in Folder\dir.txt"])' will not work. The string

> would need to be '> "C:\Temp\Spacei~1\dir.txt"])' unless there is

> another folder using the Spacei~1 in which case it might beSpacei~2 etc.

>

> Thanks again for your help,

>

> Joe

>

Joe,

Using the code Grig posted, unmodified, I passed that command in and the

file was created in the given folder.

Anyway, ADIR() has an option to give the 8.3 filename of long filenames. I

don't know of any direct fullpath to the 8.3 format function.

Tracy Pearson

PowerChurch Software

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