PRB: SAVE SCREEN and TYPE() Cause Visual FoxPro to Terminate

Last reviewed: August 6, 1997
Article ID: Q160918

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Issuing the following commands from within a program or Command Window will cause Visual FoxPro to terminate:

   DISPLAY MEMORY
   SAVE SCREEN TO mscreen
   ? TYPE('mscreen')

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

If the variable that is being evaluated by TYPE() is of type "S," Visual FoxPro will terminate. Type "S" is a variable containing the output of the Save Screen command.

Keywords          : FxprgGeneral vfoxwin
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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Last reviewed: August 6, 1997
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