Re: 4GL Forms Directory

Rick Ward wrote: > > I am sure this is a simple one, but my 4GL is not quite as good as my > engine knowledge. > > I have a developer who is asking me how he runs a 4GL application in > a different directory from his current one and access forms from that > application which are themselves in a different directory again. He can > start the application OK, but it fails to find the form unless it is in > the same directory as the application 4GL. > > Can anyone shed light on this ? > > Cheers, > -- > Rick Ward > Senior DBA > Great Universal Stores Home Shopping > MANCHESTER, UK Rick, There is an environmental variable, and I am winging this so please look it up to verify, INFORMIXFORMDIR. Try setting that and see if it helps. The developer could also do the unthinkable and highly discouraged "hard coding" of the directory in the program.(Don't do that). Bret.