FIX: Report File Invalid Error Occurs When Converting Report

ID: Q99619

2.50 WINDOWS kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

The "Report file invalid" message appears after FoxPro for Windows converts a dBASE III PLUS or FoxBASE+ report.

CAUSE

The report contains a Page Title that has a blank line above a line that contains text.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, remove the blank line in the Page Title section in the original copy of the report in dBASE III PLUS or FoxBASE+.

Take a look at this example of a Page Title: 

   (line 1)   Metropolitan Library
   (line 2)   West Branch
   (line 3)
   (line 4)   Overdue Books Report
The error occurs because there is a blank line (line 3) above a line that contains text (line 4). By moving line 4 up to line 3 as in the following example, the report will be converted successfully in FoxPro for Windows. For example: 

   (line 1)   Metropolitan Library
   (line 2)   West Branch
   (line 3)   Overdue Books Report
   (line 4)
Another alternative is to convert the report in FoxPro 2.0 first before running it in FoxPro for Windows. This method requires no modification of the report itself. Simply open the report file in FoxPro 2.0, and it will automatically be converted to a 2.0 format that can be run directly in FoxPro for Windows.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro version 2.5 for Windows. This problem was corrected in FoxPro version 2.5a for Windows.

Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.50 buglist2.50 fixlist2.50a KBCategory: kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist KBSubcategory: FxinteropDbase 

Keywords          : FxinteropDbase kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version           : 2.50
Platform          : WINDOWS
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: September 24, 1997