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Q107417: PRB: "Error Creating OLE Object" with APPEND GENERAL

Article: Q107417
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:2.5b,3.0b
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg
Last Modified: 05-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b 
- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you issue the command APPEND GENERAL <general field name> FROM
<bitmap.bmp> CLASS "PBRUSH", you receive the error message "Error creating
OLE object."

CAUSE
=====

This error occurs because there is not an OLE server for .BMP files on the
Macintosh. This is a limitation of general fields. General fields must have a
program that is capable of acting as an OLE server before files can be appended
into the general field.

RESOLUTION
==========

Install a program on the Macintosh that can act as an OLE server for bitmaps, if
one exists. Microsoft Imager, an OLE server, is installed with Visual FoxPro 3.0
for Macintosh, and you can use it to edit PICT files.


MORE INFORMATION
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This same command does not cause any errors when it is issued in FoxPro for
Windows.

REFERENCES
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FoxPro for Macintosh online help (HELP APPEND GENERAL)

Additional query words: vFoxMac FoxMac errmsg err msg

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Keywords          : kberrmsg 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro250bMac kbVFP300bMac
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.5b,3.0b

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