BUG: Drag & Drop Works Only with CATMAN=OFF Setting

• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

Starting FoxPro by dragging a FoxPro document file onto the FoxPro application program file does not work correctly. FoxPro starts, displays the document file briefly, and then displays one of the following:

• A dialog box prompting you to select a catalog.

  -or-

• The welcome (splash) screen, which is a dialog box titled "Welcome to Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a for Macintosh."

CAUSE

The configuration file (CONFIG.FPM) does not contain the line CATMAN=OFF.

RESOLUTION

Perform the following to make drag and drop work correctly:

1. To edit the CONFIG.FPM file, type the following in the Command window:

   MODIFY FILE SYS(2019)

2. Do one of the following:

       - If CONFIG.FPM contains the line CATMAN=ON, change the ON to OFF.
   

         -or-
   

       - If CONFIG.FPM doesn't contain a CATMAN=ON line, add a CATMAN=OFF
         line.
   

3. Close the CONFIG.FPM editing window, saving changes.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Start FoxPro. In the Command window, type "MODIFY FILE SYS(2019)" (without the quotation marks) to edit the CONFIG.FPM file.

2. If the CATMAN=OFF line exists, place an asterisk (*) in front of it to turn it into a comment.

3. Add the line, CATMAN=ON.

4. Close the CONFIG.FPM editing window, saving changes.

5. Quit FoxPro.

6. Drag the CUSTOMER.DBF database file from the TUTORIAL subfolder onto the Microsoft FoxPro file located in the main FoxPro folder.