PRB: "Cannot Open File" Message Building FoxPro 2.6 Project

ID: Q188536

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6, 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

When building or rebuilding a FoxPro for Windows 2.6 project, the following message appears and the project cannot be built:

   Cannot Open File.

CAUSE

Including a 32-bit .fll file in the project.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Copy the Foxtools.fll file, distributed with Visual FoxPro, to a clean

   directory.

2. Open FoxPro for Windows 2.x and set the default directory to the

   directory containing a copy of the 32-bit Foxtools.fll file.

3. Create a program called Test.prg with the following code:

      SET LIBRARY TO FOXTOOLS.FLL.

4. Create a project called TEST and add the Test.prg file.

5. Click the project's Build button and build either a project,

   application, or executable.

   Error number (1101) a "Cannot Open File" message appears and the build
   operation halts.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbDSE kbnokeyword

Keywords          : FxenvGeneral FxotherGeneral 
Version           : WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,2.6,2.6a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 3, 1998