DOCUMENT:Q221711  20-OCT-2000  [foxpro]
TITLE   :FIX: FFCs - Problem with Element Tag With _XMLTag in _html.vcx
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbFFC kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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You create an instance of the _XMLTag Foundation class in _HTML.vcx. You set the
Tagname and Value properties for the object, then check the value of the XMLText
property. The element tag stored in the XMLText property is not properly
optimized if the tag contents is empty.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

   Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Run the following code from a program (.PRG) file:

   oXml=NEWOBJECT("_xmltag",HOME()+"ffc\_html")
   oXml.Tagname="foot"
   oXml.Value="test"
   ?oXml.XMLText

2. The value printed to the desktop will be:

   <foot value="test"></foot>

3. The proper value should be:

   <foot value="test"/>

REFERENCES
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(c) Microsoft Corporation 1999, All Rights Reserved.
Contributions by Jim Saunders, Microsoft Corporation


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbFFC kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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