DOCUMENT:Q142508  25-AUG-1999  [foxpro]
TITLE   :SAMPLE: Sys0.exe with DLL that Retrieves a Novell Machine Name
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbvfp300

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b 
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SUMMARY
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Sys0.exe is a sample that contains Sys0.dll, a 16-bit dynamic link library
(DLL), that emulates the functionality of the SYS(0) function.

The SYS(0) function returns network machine information when using Visual FoxPro
in a network environment. However, under some configurations, this function
returns blanks. In FoxPro 2.6, under the same configurations, SYS(0) returns the
expected machine name.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software
Library:

   Sys0.exe (http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/Sys0.exe)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services


Additional query words: kbfile VFoxWin softlib msl

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Keywords          : kbvfp300 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP300b
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b
Issue type        : kbhowto

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