BUG: Invalid Filename or Path Passed When ASCII >127 in Name

ID: Q114284

2.60    | 2.60

WINDOWS | MS-DOS

   buglist2.60

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6
  - Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6

SYMPTOMS

If the name of a table or query in use contains at least one character with an ASCII value of 225, then one of the following actions in the Catalog Manager will produce an "Invalid file name or path passed. Wizard terminated." error message:

Choosing the AutoScreen button
Choosing the AutoReport button
Choosing the Print button in a screen

NOTE: This situation may also occur with characters whose ASCII value is higher than 127.

CAUSE

The AutoScreen, AutoReport, and Screen Printing functions do not support filenames that contain certain international characters (any character with an ASCII value higher than 127).

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, do the following:

Use the FoxPro RENAME command to rename the table to a name that does not include any characters with ASCII values higher than 127.
-or-
Use the FoxPro COPY command to copy the table to another table whose name does not include any characters with ASCII values higher than 127.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro 2.6 for Windows and FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.60 buglist2.60 errmsg err msg extended character set KBCategory: KBSubcategory: FxtoolCatman

Keywords          : kberrmsg FxtoolCatman 
Version           : 2.60 | 2.60
Platform          : MS-DOS WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 22, 1998