A while back someone showed me a great way to script letting the user locate a file using the OS Open File dialog, and then use that choice throughout the rest of the script. It goes like this:

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  o Define g_SourceFileReference as a global container
  o Insert File [ Reference; g_SourceFileReference ]
  o Set Variable [ $filePath; GetAsText(g_SourceFileReference)]
  

The Insert File step throws up the OS Open dialog, allowing the user to navigate to any file on the file system. GetAsText converts the "reference" to a well-formed path name.

Now you can use $filePath as you like, as many times as you like.

I use this when writing an upgrade script, which imports all the tables from a previous copy of the db.

But I wrote the same thing tonight, for a new solution, and it doesn't work! The Insert File step throws an error 102, field is missing. What? Well, I googled up one suggestion, to delete and recreate the field. Hey, I deleted and recreated the entire table, and I still get 102.

What could be going on here?

Thanks,

Chap

Arggh. Never mind - I just remembered why I never use Insert... commands - the field has to be visible on the current layout!!