DOCUMENT:Q105044 23-OCT-1999 [foxmisc] TITLE :ERR: "File Does Not Exist" After Source Code Is Removed PRODUCT :Microsoft Fox Miscellaneous Products PROD/VER:MACINTOSH:2.01 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft FoxBASE+ for Macintosh, version 2.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== You receive the File does not exist error message when using FoxRun or MFoxRun to run (DO) a program that has had its source code removed using FoxPackage. Looking at the program file after it has been modified by FoxPackage reveals that the program file has a file size of 0K (zero kilobytes). CAUSE ===== This behavior is caused by a problem with FoxPackage version 2.05. RESOLUTION ========== Upgrade to FoxPackage version 2.07 to correctly remove the source code from programs and run them with FoxRun. FoxPackage 2.07 is available through Application Note FM0796. For more information on obtaining this Application Note, query on the word "FMO796" (without the quotation marks) here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. MORE INFORMATION ================ FoxPackage can prepare programs for distribution in two ways. One way is to create a single stand-alone application. The other way is to remove the source code from the program files. This article addresses the latter method--removing source code from program files. As explained in Chapter 7 of the FoxBASE+/Mac "User's Guide," FoxBASE+ program files can have the source code removed from them so that the only part of the file remaining is the compiled resource portion. This resource portion of the file can be distributed with FoxRun along with supporting databases and indexes. REFERENCES ========== "User's Guide," version 2.01, pages 7-8, 7-13 through 7-16 Additional query words: 2.01 errmsg err msg ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxBASE201Mac kbFoxBASESearch Version : MACINTOSH:2.01 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.