(CVAL('comspec')) is applicable only to DOS environments.  My messages refering to 
this are applicable only to RBase for DOS running in Windows environments.

"Ben Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Are quotes set as single or double?
>
>Ben Petersen
>
>On 3 Oct 2002, at 17:32, Bernard Lis wrote:
>
>> using Win98 �rbase 6.5++ win with latest patch (859).
>> set var xx = (cval('comspec')) �gives "invalid parameter (639)"
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Albert Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: Memory crashes in Windows 2000
>> 
>> 
>> > Mike, in testing here we found that DOS sessions in W2K did not
>> > release
>> memory properly. In our DOS RBase applications we added a trap for the
>> operating system (CVAL('comspec')) and do a ZIP RETURN periodically as
>> the users navigate the menu structure to free up the unused but
>> allocated memory.
>> 
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Albert Berry
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PSD Solutions
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