BUG: Invalid Filename or Path Passed When ASCII >127 in Name

ID: Q114284

2.60    | 2.60
WINDOWS | MS-DOS
   buglist2.60

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6
  - Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6

SYMPTOMS

If the name of a table or query in use contains at least one character with an ASCII value of 225, then one of the following actions in the Catalog Manager will produce an "Invalid file name or path passed. Wizard terminated." error message:

NOTE: This situation may also occur with characters whose ASCII value is higher than 127.

CAUSE

The AutoScreen, AutoReport, and Screen Printing functions do not support filenames that contain certain international characters (any character with an ASCII value higher than 127).

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, do the following:

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro 2.6 for Windows and FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.60 buglist2.60 errmsg err msg extended character set KBCategory: KBSubcategory: FxtoolCatman

Keywords          : kberrmsg FxtoolCatman 
Version           : 2.60 | 2.60
Platform          : MS-DOS WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 22, 1998