BUG: App Run from CONFIG.FPW Returns "File Does Not Exist"

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

In FoxPro for Windows an application (.APP file) does not find an included program file (.PRG file) and returns a "File Does Not Exist" error when all of the following conditions are met:

1. The application does not contain a foundation READ.

2. The application calls a program that only exists within the .APP file.

3. The application (.APP file) is executed from a "COMMAND=" statement in the CONFIG.FPW file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Copy the following code into a program, and save it as DOIT.PRG:

   ***************DOIT.PRG

      erase it.prg                   && Be sure IT.PRG does not exist
      erase it.fxp                   && Or its FXP
   
      SET SYSMENU TO
      SET SYSMENU AUTOMATIC
   
      DEFINE PAD _qq517hhda OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Do It" COLOR SCHEME 3
      DEFINE PAD _qq517hhe5 OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Quit" COLOR SCHEME 3
      ON SELECTION PAD _qq517hhda OF _MSYSMENU Do It.prg
      ON SELECTION PAD _qq517hhe5 OF _MSYSMENU set sysmenu to default
      ***********END DOIT.PRG*********************
   
   

2. Create a second program. Add the following code, and save it as IT.PRG:

   WAIT WINDOW "This Is IT!"

3. Create a new project. Add DOIT.PRG to the project.

4. Choose build. Build an applicaton, and save it as DOIT.APP.

5. Place "COMMAND = DO DOIT.APP" (without the quotation marks) in the CONFIG.FPW file.

6. Quit and restart FoxPro.

7. Select "Do It" from the menu.