Re: GETFILE() Returns Empty String in Some Cases

Author: mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com

Posted: 2017-07-31 at 19:16:30

On 2017-07-31 16:04, Ken Dibble wrote:

> GAAAAAHHH!!! That's it!!

>

> Not a PRIVATE declaration, the variable is declared LOCAL.

>

> But in application mode there is a field in an open table with the

> same name as the variable. I applied the "essential m-dot" to the

> variable, and that fixed it.

That "variable with same name as a field name" has screwed me in the

past more than once. That's why I like my "outdated" variable

declarations as pcFilename because I definitely don't conflict with

MyTable.cFilename. That works for me. Sorry for the purists who see

that as horrible. lol

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