> One other thought- are you using baShortFileName? No. Just opening the file directly. It's probably wrong, but I'm assuming they all have Acrobat Reader. It's a business audience. But, I should probably check. I think I'll go do that.
- MM >Thanks for the idea Stephen. I might have to go with that because I >can't seem to get baFindDrive working. > >- MM > > > > > >what does a bafileexist() return I wonder... > > >Stephen > > >Mendelsohn, Michael wrote the following on 3/9/2005 8:55 AM: > > > >>Hi list... >> >>I'm opening PDFs from a CD using baOpenFile. Simple enough, but >>occasionally, the file isn't found, returning error code 2. I >>*suspect* it's because the CD has spun down, as it seems to happen only >> >> > > > >>once per running the CD (according to the tester) and then PDFs open >> >> >without > > >>error. >> >>I was thinking that a solution would be to put before baOpenFile a >>baFindDrive command, forcing the disc to spin prior to opening the PDF. >> >> > > > >>Might this be an appropriate solution? Below is my code. >> >>Thanks as always, >>- Michael M. >> >>================================ >> >>on mOpenDoc(me) -- open correct PDF from "documents" folder >> -- *** Spin CD here? *** >> -- baFindDrive(_movie.path.char[1], pData.pDocQueue) -- (drive >>letter, file name) >> -- ********************* >> theFile = string( _movie.path & "documents" & pData.pDelim & >>pData.pDocQueue) -- build path to PDF >> theResult = baOpenFile(theFile, "Normal") >> if (theResult < 32) then >> put theResult -- occasionally puts 2. >> end if >>end [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email lingo-l@penworks.com (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
