From: jim.giner@suny.edu   
      
   Then if you're calling program is on the same box as the bat file, you   
   should only need to reference the drive letter and the path (folders) and   
   NOT any "machine" id (unc name).  Sounds like it would be just c:\\ten.bat   
   in this case which as tony says is not good practice.  You may not know this   
   (and it may no longer be true!), but in the old dos days there was a hard   
   limit on how much you could put into the root folder of a drive.  Hence the   
   practice of puttting things into folders.   
   "Kenneth"  wrote in message   
   news:o3tik4h3l0hvktenb9qsp7haovfd4lkgno@4ax.com...   
   > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:05:58 -0500, "Jim Giner"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>If by system you mean 'SAME PC' then you don't need to specify this K06   
   >>thing, unless it is part of the DOS path to the file.  But if (as it   
   >>sounds)   
   >>this bat file is on a different PC from the one that your pdox call is   
   >>being   
   >>made from, then you need it and you do need to change the syntax to \\\\.   
   >>   
   > Hi Jim,   
   >   
   > I am not in my office at the moment and so can't experiment,   
   > but yes, when I wrote "system" I meant that the same machine   
   > (named K06) is running Paradox, and has the batch file on   
   > its C:\.   
   >   
   > I will try your suggestions and let you know...   
   >   
   > Many thanks, as before,   
   > --   
   > Kenneth   
   >   
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