PRB: "Invalid Variable Name" After Migrating Screen

ID: Q110244

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

After you have used the FB+Migrate application to convert a FoxBASE+ for the Macintosh screen to FoxPro for Macintosh, the following error message occurs when you are editing a picture object:

   Invalid Variable Name

CAUSE

When the FB+Migrate application converts a FoxBASE+/Mac picture, a FoxPro for Macintosh picture push button is created if the picture resource does not exist in the FoxBASE+/Mac FOXUSER resource file. A numeric variable name may be assigned to this push button.

Double-clicking the push button and then choosing OK will generate the "Invalid Variable Name" error, since memory variable and field names must begin with a letter.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

• Change the variable name so that it begins with a letter, and then initialize the variable in the setup code of the screen.

  -or-

• Delete the push button and add a picture field to the screen in its place.

Last Reviewed: May 16, 1996