FIX: VFP5.0a under Japanese OS Causes DBC Characters Problems

ID: Q177852

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

When you use Visual FoxPro version 5.0a under a Japanese Operating System (OS), and you enter Double-Byte Japanese Characters in a text box or the Visual FoxPro Command window, the text is unreadable after the Enter or Return key is pressed.

RESOLUTION

Install Visual Studio Service Pack 2 from http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio/ and follow the SP2 link.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Install the United States (US) version of Visual FoxPro version 5.0a

   (there is no Japanese localized version of Visual FoxPro 5.0a) under
   Japanese Windows 95.

2. Type in some Japanese Characters in the Visual FoxPro Command window.

   NOTE: Instead of Japanese characters, unreadable characters appear.

Keywords          : kbVFp kbVFp500a kbVFp600fix FxprgIntl 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 3, 1998