VXCMD - Can't Create DB in Windows - FYI

[Ken Ray]

Sorry about that... you're right, Robert. I missed the word "example" in
my comment. It was supposed to say "I suggest you update your VXCMD
example accordingly."

Thanks for catching that,

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: valentina-bounces at lists.macserve.net 
> [mailto:valentina-bounces at lists.macserve.net] On Behalf Of 
> Robert Brenstein
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 3:12 AM
> To: Valentina Developers
> Subject: Re: VXCMD - Can't Create DB in Windows - FYI
> 
> 
> >Using both 1.9.7 and 1.9.8 on Windows with MetaCard and the 
> VXCMD Test 
> >Project that comes in the download, I try to create a 
> database called 
> >"Test.idb" at "c:\test.idb" and I get back an error 123. 
> When I changed 
> >the nativePath() function to replace "/" with "\" in 
> Windows, it worked 
> >fine. I suggest you update your VXCMD accordingly.
> >
> 
> That a known issue. Creating or opening database requires a path 
> native to OS not the universal format used by MC/Rev. I think the 
> function supplied in examples corrects it only for Mac systems, so it 
> is the example that needs to be fixed. The vxcmd doc was supposed to 
> mention that but apparently Ruslan hasn't done it so far.
> 
> Robert
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