PRB: Sort Order in Dialog Boxes Differs Between Platforms

ID: Q112855

2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 | 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 |2.50b

WINDOWS               | MS-DOS                | MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, and 2.6
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, and 2.6
Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

The file sort order for FILER, GETDIR(), GETFILE(), LOCFILE(), and PUTFILE() is inconsistent between FoxPro for MS-DOS and Macintosh and FoxPro for Windows.

To demonstrate this behavior, create files or directories with the following names:

   1TEST, ATEST, _TEST, !TEST

FoxPro for MS-DOS and Macintosh will display the list in the following order:

   !TEST, 1TEST, ATEST, _TEST

FoxPro for Windows will display the list in this order:

   !TEST, 1TEST, _TEST, ATEST

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: FoxMac FoxDos FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 KBCategory: kbprg kbprb KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

Keywords          : FxprgGeneral 
Version           : 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 | 2.50 2.5
Platform          : MACINTOSH MS-DOS WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: November 22, 1995