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==== Utility("RUNWIN","ERASE ...") not working?? (OpenInsight Specific) ====
=== At 15 NOV 1998 12:08:32PM B. Cameron wrote: ===
 
{{tag>"OpenInsight Specific"}}
 
<QUOTE>
Maybe its because I have been staring at it for so long but I

can't seem to get ...



Outputfile=f:\data\$catalog."

statuscode=Set_Status(0)

x=Utility("RUNWIN","ERASE ":OUTPUTFILE:"*")

If Get_Status(statuscode) then

   x=Msg(Parent,statuscode)

End



to process.  OS files do not get deleted.  

Works fine if I go to the command line.
</QUOTE>
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=== At 15 NOV 1998 12:45PM akaplan@sprezzatura.com - [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]Sprezzatura, Inc.[/url] wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>It doesn't work because ERASE isn't a program, it's a command built into the command interpreter (most likely COMMAND.COM).



You have 2 options as I see it.



The first is run command com with the /C option



RetVal=Utility( "RUNWIN", "COMMAND /C ERASE *.*" )



The other is to use the OSDELETE command embeded in Basic+.



Personally, I think the OSDELETE opcode is the way to go, since there won't be the screen flash and all the stuff you'll need to hide the command window.





akaplan@sprezzatura.com

[url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]Sprezzatura, Inc.[/url]

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</QUOTE>

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=== At 15 NOV 1998 05:20PM B. Cameron wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Aaron,



Thanks, that was my suspicion but figured that showing the 

cause would be a better explanation.

I will use the OSDelete!



Bruce

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