FIX: Numeric Value Always Read as Zero

ID: Q87595

2.00 MS-DOS kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, when the user moves from field to field in a READ, FoxPro always sets the value of a variable to zero.

CAUSE

The numeric field has both a PICTURE and a SIZE clause and the length of the PICTURE is smaller than the value specified in the SIZE clause.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 for MS-DOS. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 for MS-DOS released July 30, 1991.

Additional reference words: FoxDos buglist2.00 fixlist2.00 2.00 KBCategory: kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist KBSubcategory: Solution Type : kbfix

Last Reviewed: October 14, 1997