Utilities to Repair Corrupt Memo Field Data

ID: Q87665

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 1.02, 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a
Microsoft FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS, version 2.1

SUMMARY

Third-party developers offer a number of freeware and shareware utility programs to recover damaged memo field data files. These utilities are supported by the third-party developers that wrote the utilities, not by Microsoft. The utilities on the list below have not been tested by Microsoft. The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

MORE INFORMATION

For information about performing table maintenance using FoxPro low-level file functions, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q135905 How to Retrieve Records that were Previously Zapped

Q139758 How to Modify the Table Header from FoxPro

Files Available from Third-Party Vendors


Name:          FPTFIX.PRG
Title:         Memo File Fixer - Improved version
By:            Hank Costello
Description:   Improved version of FPTFIX with more options. Fixes
               both file pointer and blocksize bytes as required. If
               you order the source code for this utility, you also
               receive a program that works with FPTFIX2 to check all
               .FPT files and to fix damaged files.

Name:          CHKFPT.COM
Title:         Display information about .FPT and help diagnose
               corruption
By:            Pete Olympia
Description:   Length-damaged FoxPro memo field utility to display all
               information about .FPT file and help diagnose memo file
               data corruption. Includes block size, next available
               block, if the link is incorrect, and the correct link.
               For each memo field and database record, the utility
               shows memo field length and whether it is picture,
               text, or corrupted.

Name:          MEMOPL.INF
Title:         MemoPlus short product description
By:            Pete Olympia
Description:   Product description of MemoPlus (see below), a set of
               utilities for xBase memo file handling. Supports all
               xBase dialects, including FoxPro 2.0. Can diagnose
               and repair corrupt memo files automatically. Can import,
               export, pack memo field data in MS-DOS. You can also
               edit memo fields using your own text editor. Uploaded
               by Pete Olympia.

Commercial Utility Programs


dSalvage Professional
Contact: Paul Heiser
Comtech Publishing Ltd.
P.O. Box 12340
Reno, NV 89510
Phone: (702) 825-9000
Fax:   (702) 825-1818
Order: (800) 456-7005


DTools
EL SoftWare
3809 Plaza Drive #107-360
Oceanside, CA 92056
Phone: (619) 439-6617


MemoPlus
Contact: P. I. Olympia
Rory Data International
17 Thornburn Road
North Potomac, MD 20878
Phone: (301) 251-0497
Fax:   (301) 258-6862

Warehouse Vendor for Most FoxPro Add-In Products


HALLoGRAM Publishing
14221 E. 4th Avenue
Suite 220
Aurora, CO  80011
Phone: (303) 340-3404
Fax:   (303) 340-4404
Web:   www.hallogram.com
e-mail: sales@hallogram.com

For more information about third-party database-recovery utilities, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q87688 PRB: "Not a Database File" Error Using a Database File

Additional query words: FoxDos FoxWin invalid missing Fox3Party third party third-party 3rd party not a table "Memo File Is Missing/Invalid"


Keywords          : kberrmsg FxtoolGeneral 
Version           : 1.02 2.00 2.10 2.50 2.50a | 2.50
Platform          : MS-DOS WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999