Q59723: OS/2 DosFindFirst Code Example Correction; Missing Comma

Article: Q59723
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 7.00 7.10
Operating System(s): OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 8-JAN-1991

On Page 525 of the "Microsoft BASIC 7.0: Programmer's Guide" for
Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System (PDS) Versions 7.00
and 7.10, the code example given is missing a comma to delimit the
VARSEG and SADD parameters when invoking the function DosFindFirst%.

The incorrect syntax documented in the manual is as follows:

   x = DosFindFirst%(VARSEG(flname$) SADD(flname$), dirh,_
                    atr, buffer, bufflen, searchcount, reserved)

The correct syntax of the CALL is as follows:

   x = DosFindFirst%(VARSEG(flname$), SADD(flname$), dirh,_
                    atr, buffer, bufflen, searchcount, reserved)

A comma is needed between VARSEG(flname$) and SADD(flname$).

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