FIX: Error Browsing Table Created from Modified Structure

ID: Q121781

2.60a MACINTOSH

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

FoxPro quits when attempting to perform a browse on a table, displaying one of the following error messages:

CAUSE

The table FoxPro attempted to browse was created as follows:

1. An initial new table was created by the COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED command.

2. A record was added to the initial new table.

3. A second new table (which the browse was attempted on) was created by

   the CREATE FROM command.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

These steps assume that the CUSTOMER.DBF table has been installed in the TUTORIAL subdirectory in the main FoxPro directory.

1. Type the following in the Command window:

   USE SYS(2004)+"\TUTORIAL\customer.dbf"
   COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO test
   USE TEST
   APPEND BLANK
   REPLACE field_name WITH 'ABC', field_type WITH 'C', ;
      field_len WITH 030, field_dec with 000
   CREATE test2 FROM test

2. Type "BROWSE" (without the quotation marks) in the Command window, or
   double-click TEST2 in the View window.

Note that FoxPro quits, displaying one of the application error messages described above.

Additional reference words: fixlist3.00b VFoxMac FoxMac buglist2.60a errmsg err msg crash halt abort terminate close exit KBCategory: KBSubcategory:

Keywords          : kberrmsg
Version           : 2.60a
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: May 21, 1998