List of Problems Identified in FoxPro 2.6a for Windows

Last reviewed: May 17, 1996
Article ID: Q131373
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SUMMARY

Below is a list of the problems identified in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.6a for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

This list contains the numbers and titles of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that fully describe the problems identified in FoxPro version 2.6a for Windows:

Knowledge Base Articles

ITEM ID ARTICLE TITLE

 Q 88603  Calculated Currency Field Ignores Formatting
 Q 99905  "Line Too Long" Error When Appending Records
 Q 100449 Color Boxes or Text Labels Appear as Black Boxes
 Q 102704 Can't Give Numeric the Currency Format in Report Writer
 Q 103596 Name Edit Region Not Displaying Correctly in RQBE

 Q 104477 FoxPro Calculator Returning Incorrect Percentages
 Q 105834 FoxPro Does Not Import .DIF Format File
 Q 108636 POP POPUP Causes a General Protection Fault
 Q 108671 Filtered POPUP Displays Improperly
 Q 109234 Multicolumn Reports with Groups Break Incorrectly

 Q 110537 Can't Restore View w/Default Drive Set to Network Drive
 Q 111518 Extra Picture Characters Result in Garbage Characters
 Q 114136 FoxPro Math-Precision Problems with SET DECIMALS
 Q 114148 FoxApp Screens Created in Windows Are Too Big in MS-DOS
 Q 114155 .SCX File Overwritten When dBASE File Converted

 Q 114160 Error When Install Distribution Kit Under Windows NT
 Q 114278 Table Loses Order When Used Again
 Q 114465 Error Message When Comparing Large Strings
 Q 114480 SET COMPATIBLE or Catalog Manager Changes MEMOWIDTH to 80
 Q 114502 Error Occurs When Previewing an Untransported DOS Report

 Q 114865 HEADING Clause on the REPORT FORM Does Not Align Properly
 Q 114998 Next Button Does Not Prompt for Permission to Discard
 Q 115051 SET MARGIN Does Not Work in FoxPro for Mac or Windows
 Q 115597 Check Box & Radio Button Size Grows with 8-Point Font
 Q 116029 SUBSTR() on Empty Memo Field Gives Error: Beyond String

 Q 116273 Remove Line When Blank Does Not Work with General Field
 Q 116480 "If\else\endif Mismatch" for Query Built w/ Query Wizard
 Q 117366 TEXT ... ENDTEXT Output Stops Appearing with FoxPro 2.6
 Q 117560 Index Tag on DELETED() Causes "Bnormal Program..."
 Q 117854 Run Menu Option Not Echoing Commands in Command Window

 Q 119403 "Unrecognized Command Verb" When Starting FoxPro
 Q 120119 GENSCRN Cannot Create Screen Smaller Than 50 x 50 Pixels
 Q 120181 Incomplete APPEND GENERAL Command Doesn't Generate Error
 Q 120184 "Insufficient Memory" Error with SAVE SCREEN Command
 Q 120188 Cannot Run Cross-Tab Query from Catalog Manager

 Q 120190 ON KEY LABEL RIGHTMOUSE WAIT WINDOW "Text" Malfunctions
 Q 120192 Group Header Not Printing When Previous Group Has a Widow
 Q 120289 Action Cannot Be Completed Because the Object Is Busy
 Q 120510 Blank Window After Canceling Updatable Query in CatMan
 Q 120544 WONTOP() Does Not Return Topmost Window

 Q 121052 Black-on-White Disabled Colors Don't Appear Correctly
 Q 121054 Cursor Incorrectly Positioned When Using ON KEY LABEL
 Q 121055 INSERT (BEFORE) Doesn't Cause Error on Read-Only Query
 Q 121227 ON KEY LABEL <Keyname> EXIT Fails with DO WHILE .T. Loop
 Q 121240 SET MARK OF BAR Character Disappears When Scrolling

 Q 121280 Print to file w/ SET DEVICE TO FILE w/@ SAY Causes ICE
 Q 121438 Status Bar Doesn't Change on Wizard-Generated Screens
 Q 121440 SET MARK TO Doesn't Properly Restore Delimiter
 Q 121624 Preserve Original Date/Time in FoxDoc Can't Be Cleared
 Q 121638 SET KEY TO Command Ignores Characters in the Expression

 Q 121685 RETURN TO <Filename>.SPR Does Not Work in .APPs or .EXEs
 Q 121724 LIST Popup Hangs on Duplicate Field Value
 Q 121924 SHOW ... PROMPT is Displayed on Top of Existing Prompt
 Q 122047 GP Fault When Choose Close from "Save changes" Dialog
 Q 122271 GP Fault When Font Changed in Transporter Font Dialog

 Q 122338 Tab Order Incorrect in 'Program, generate' Screen
 Q 122511 LOOKUP() Locates Deleted Records
 Q 122512 FoxPro Allows Illegal Field Definition Interactively
 Q 122747 Line Placed Behind Opaque Field in Report Is Not Hidden
 Q 122864 BROWSE FORMAT with Character RANGE Causes Syntax Error

 Q 122911 Invalid Subscript Ref When Append Spreadsheet to Database
 Q 122971 @ .. SAY Gives Error: Invalid or Corrupt OLE Object
 Q 122972 Error When Using Shared Table on CD-ROM Device
 Q 123017 @T Format in dBASE Label Not Converted
 Q 123034 Unneeded Vertical Scroll Bar Displayed in BROWSE Window

 Q 123088 FoxDoc Always Prints Source Code Even When Unchecked
 Q 123154 FoxPro Hangs If GOMONTH() Used on Blank Date & Year >9999
 Q 123206 LCK _FindVar() Function Doesn't Work w/ Other Work Areas
 Q 123207 Menu Manager Internal Consistency Error When Build Screen
 Q 123283 Variable Name Length Affects Results of RESTORE FROM

 Q 123345 Internal Consistency Error Caused by BROWSE..FREEZE
 Q 123353 Report Loses Data When Stretching Memo Breaks on a Page
 Q 123354 Resource Leak with READ TIMEOUT VALID Command
 Q 123429 FoxPro Window Does Not Move to Front
 Q 123451 Stack Fault When Building Project

 Q 123452 _CLIPTEXT Variable Causes GP Fault in Debug Window
 Q 123654 GP Fault When Use @...say to Print Over the Network
 Q 123656 FoxDoc GP Faults When Default Index Extension Set to IDX
 Q 123707 dBASE .FMT with "colo" in Message Migrates Erroneously
 Q 123718 Index Key w/ More Than 240 Characters Loses Information

 Q 123719 GETFONT() & FONTMETRIC() Cause GP Fault and/or ICE
 Q 123720 Snippet Code for Popup Lost After Pressing Edit Button
 Q 123721 _PAGENO Incorrect When Group Footer Prints on Page Alone
 Q 123800 Error in SHOW OBJECT Syntax Causes Lockup
 Q 123946 No Title on MODIFY FILE WINDOW in FoxPro for Windows

 Q 123958 Define Window in Desktop Hides FoxPro When Using ALT+TAB
 Q 124202 Illegal Field Type Error When Create a Table from a Table
 Q 124324 Project Manager "Save As Default" Won't Save All Settings
 Q 124348 Exiting ON SHUTDOWN Window Disables GET Objects
 Q 124353 LASER.APP Print Preview Causes GP Fault

 Q 124354 Using CNTPAD() and SET COMP ON Returns Incorrect Value
 Q 124424 Spurious Characters Print on Report If PICTURE too Wide
 Q 124585 SQL Internal Error Returned When UDF Value Is Null
 Q 124586 IMPORT or APPEND FROM Empty Spreadsheet Gives Error
 Q 124587 BROWSE LAST NOMODIFY May Be Modified After Second Command

 Q 124588 eport w/Opaque Gray Text Previews But Won't Print Shading
 Q 124776 Parameters Passed with Hyphen to Executable are Ignored
 Q 124880 FIND Command is not Reliable
 Q 124884 ALT+D and SPACE Both Map to Key Code Value of 32
 Q 124906 Single Menu in an .EXE Causes Error Message upon Exit

 Q 124939 SET COLOR SET TO MYCOLORSET Doesn't Reset Colors Properly
 Q 125006 Linked Word Document Doesn't Update Properly
 Q 125047 @R Displays Incorrect Format in Report Writer
 Q 125199 Find (CTRL+F) in @...EDIT Misbehaves in Windows and MAC
 Q 125308 GP Fault If Report Variable Name Has More Than 10 Chars

 Q 125375 Import from Type RPD Causes GP Fault
 Q 125517 Beautify Removes Certain Characters
 Q 125615 Push Buttons Require Two Mouse Clicks Instead of One
 Q 125789 Variable Passed/Declared as PRIVATE in UDF Not Returned
 Q 126232 CHANGE WHEN and VALID Clauses Don't Work with Arrow Keys

 Q 127841 Multiuser Updates Do Not Flush Correctly
 Q 127920 SHARED Keyword Not Capitalized by BEAUTIFY
 Q 128099 Mouse Click Browse Scroll Bars Ignored for TIMEOUT
 Q 128203 No Generic/Text Only Printer Driver in Windows NT
 Q 128204 Safety Check Box Not Working in Catalog Manager

 Q 128540 Check Box from Shared Table Appears as Disabled
 Q 128542 Canceling Wizards w/ Screen Builder Open Causes GP Fault
 Q 128588 "?" Command with Function "V1" May Not Display Correctly
 Q 129013 GP Fault w/ Paste Link of Excel Chart into General Field
 Q 129170 Spanish FoxPro for Windows DK Has Wrong OLECLI.DL_ File

 Q 129627 "Report" in Command Window Gives "File does not exist"
 Q 129628 "Invalid function argument value, type, or count" Error
 Q 129753 Minimized FoxPro Screen Cannot Be Restored in Windows 95
 Q 129913 Browse Key Record Pointer Moves Incorrectly
 Q 129958 Hiding a Screen Clears the Current READ Level

 Q 130084 "Menu Manager Internal Consistency" When Modifying Table
 Q 130606 FERROR() Returns 5 When File Handles Exhausted
 Q 130612 App Run from CONFIG.FPW Returns "File Does Not Exist"
 Q 130666 dBASE Report Run by FoxPro Displays Bad Extended Chars
 Q 130727 Unique Number Set Does Not Round Correctly with ROUND()

 Q 131034 Problem with SHOW WINDOW Command and Cycling Windows
 Q 131218 "Missing )" Error Message Produced by Valid Expression
 Q 131264 Browse Loses Record Position When Switching Windows Apps
 Q 131308 ERROR: Cannot Open OLE Server and OLE Link Failure


Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.60a buglist2.60a bug kbmaster kblist
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Last reviewed: May 17, 1996
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