Copy file1 to file2

[Kenneth Brody]

Tony Ryder wrote:
> 
> As filepro no longer supports updates for versions prior to 5.x.x
> I would just like to warn users that I have had a problem with the
> copy file1 to file2 command.
> 
> With the help of the FP Room and John Esak we have confirmed that
> the copy was only working after creating a new record and that any
> record that was already present would not get updated with changes.
> 
> After tesing the same process with a later version the copy command
> worked as it should.
> 
> A work around was to use the following code as an example.
> copy file1 to file2; file2(1)=file2(1); write file2
> 
> I am using windows native 4.8.10

That's a known problem that was already fixed in 4.8.12/5.0.07:

> (All) #480
>     "COPY lookup1 TO lookup2" didn't force write of lookup2, unless it
>     was a free-record lookup, or some other change was made to lookup2.

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