FIX: Exclamation Mark in Folder Name Causes Genmenu Error

ID: Q153628

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh version 3.0b
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

If you generate a menu in a folder when name of that folder contains an exclamation point (!), the following error appears:

   File '<hard drive name>:<folder name>:<file name>.DBC' does not exist.
   Line number 649

Here 'hard drive name' is the name of the Macintosh hard drive, 'folder name' is the name of the folder up to the exclamation point, and 'file name' is the text after the exclamation point. After you click the OK button, another error appears:

   Menu <file name> is invalid
   Line number 657

Here 'file name' is the name of the menu file that Genmenu.prg attempted to create.

The same errors occur in Visual FoxPro for Windows; however, the line numbers and the path structures differ.

CAUSE

The Genmenu program has difficulty parsing a path that contains a folder name that contains an exclamation point. The program is treating the exclamation point as a separator between a database and a table name.

WORKAROUND

Remove the exclamation point from the folder name.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0a.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a folder called "Test!" (without the quotation marks).

2. Type the following in the Command window:

   Create Menu Test1

3. Choose Quick Menu.

4. Save the menu in the Test! folder, and attempt to generate the source

   code. The errors appear.

Keywords          : kbprg kbMAC kbVFp kbVFp300bbug kbVFp500afix kbVFp500bug kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version           : 3.0 3.0b 5.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: November 1, 1997