BUG: ADIR() with V Attribute May Return Empty String (190461)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a

This article was previously published under Q190461

SYMPTOMS

If the current Visual FoxPro default directory is not the root directory, when you execute the ADIR() command with the V attribute, which is intended to return the volume label of the drive containing the directory passed to the ADIR()function, ADIR() populates the destination array with an empty string, rather than the correct volume label.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Run the following code from a program (.prg) file:

      LOCAL lcCurDir, ax[1]
      CLEAR
      lcCurdir = SET('DEFAULT')+CURDIR()
      CD "c:\program files"
      =ADIR(aX,"c:\","DV")
      ?1, aX[1]
      CD c:\ 
      =ADIR(aX,"c:","DV")
      ?2, aX[1]
      CD (lcCurDir)

The first ADIR() command sets the value of aX[1] to "". The second ADIR() command sets the value of aX[1] to <your volume label>.

REFERENCES

Visual FoxPro Help file; search on: "ADIR()"

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/11/1999
Keywords:	kbbug KB190461 kbAudDeveloper