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

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 has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro version 6.0

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          : kbVFp kbVFp500bug kbVFp600fix FxprgGeneral 
Version           : 5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 3, 1998