PRB: SET FILTER TO FILE Causes "Variable FILE Not Found" Error

Last reviewed: April 17, 1995
Article ID: Q88744

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

SET FILTER TO FILE produces a "Variable FILE not found" error message.

CAUSE

The SET FILTER TO FILE command does not exist in FoxPro. However, the FoxPro "Developer's Guide" for version 2.0 incorrectly includes the SET FILTER TO FILE command in Chapter 17 in the section titled "Languages Changes FoxBASE+, FoxPro 1.xx."

Additional reference words: FoxDos 2.00 docerr errmsg err msg
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Last reviewed: April 17, 1995
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