Correction to DIR$ Example In "Basic 7.0: Language Reference" (65597)

SUMMARY

The DIR$ function example on Page 107 of the "Microsoft Basic 7.0: Language Reference" manual contains an error. To correct the problem, the variable "FileCount" in the last line in the following code fragment should be changed to "FileCount&" to match the other references to it in the example:

   IF LEN(DIR$(filespec$)) = 0 THEN
      FileCount& = 0
   ELSE
      FileCount = 1

The corrected code is as follows:

   IF LEN(DIR$(filespec$)) = 0 THEN
      FileCount& = 0
   ELSE
      FileCount& = 1
				

This information applies to Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) versions 7.00 and 7.10 for MS-DOS and MS OS/2.