PRB: <ExpC3> of PUTFILE() Is Ignored in FoxPro for Macintosh

ID: Q111510

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

If you are developing a cross-platform application and you include <expC3> in the PUTFILE() function, it will be ignored in FoxPro for Macintosh.

For example, suppose you run the following code in both FoxPro for Windows and FoxPro for Macintosh:

  ? PUTFILE('Choose a program file', 'test.prg', 'PRG')

In FoxPro for Windows, this code will create a dialog box that displays all files with an extension of .PRG. In FoxPro for Macintosh, the same dialog box will display all files in the current folder without filtering them by extension.

STATUS

This behavior is by design due to the Macintosh standard of not relying on file extensions for operations.

REFERENCES

FoxPro for Macintosh Help file

Additional reference words: VFoxMac 3.00b FoxMac 2.50b KBCategory: kbprg kbprb KBSubcategory: