Q148562: INFO: List of Problems in Visual FoxPro 3.0 for Windows

Article: Q148562
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbvfp kbvfp300kbbuglist kbfixlist
Last Modified: 10-DEC-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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Below is a list of the problems identified in Microsoft Visual FoxPro version
3.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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This list contains the numbers and titles of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles
that fully describe the problems identified in FoxPro version 3.0 for Windows:

Knowledge Base Articles
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ITEM ID ARTICLE TITLE
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Q104477 FIX: FoxPro Calculator Returning Incorrect Percentages
Q108717 BUG: Resource Manager Error When Printing Lots of Fonts
Q114136 BUG: FoxPro Math-Precision Problems with SET DECIMALS
Q114465 FIX: Error Message When Comparing Large Strings

Q114480 BUG: SET COMPATIBLE or Catalog Manager Changes MEMOWIDTH to 80
Q114865 BUG: HEADING Clause on the REPORT FORM Does Not Align Properly
Q120184 FIX: Error Message with SAVE SCREEN Command
Q124205 FIX: Browse Does Not Repaint Correctly

Q125615 BUG: Push Button Require Two Mouse Clicks Instead of One
Q129229 BUG: READ DEACTIVATE Runs When BROWSE Called From VALID of GET
Q129440 BUG: Cannot Escape Out of ON ERROR Routine
Q129646 BUG: Error Routine Not Called for USE Command
Q129905 BUG: "Hide All Windows" Does Not Hide the Command Window

Q129913 BUG: Browse Key Record Pointer Moves Incorrectly
Q129922 BUG: Error Occurs When Stepping through BROWSE FOR UDF() Code
Q129981 BUG: Custom Form Property Set to () Causes Infinite Loop
Q130089 FIX: Can't Select Beginning and End Pages in Print Dialog
Q130126 BUG: Wrong Windows NT & Windows 3.11 versions in System Info

Q130364 BUG: Scroll Bars Disappear When No Data Bound to a Grid
Q130404 BUG: CREATE CURSOR Does Not Accept UNIQUE as a Field Name
Q130410 BUG: ALTER TABLE Command Changes Field Type to Picture
Q130464 BUG: Number Entry Starts at Center or Left in a Browse
Q130524 BUG: COPY TO ARRAY Behaves Differently from dBASE

Q130576 BUG: MODIFY GENERAL Fires the FORM DEACTIVATE Clause
Q130602 BUG: Can't Enter Picture Property for List Box or Combo Box
Q130798 BUG: "File Does Not Exist" Occurs After FoxPro Is Maximized
Q130958 BUG: Five Label Layouts Have Incorrect Format
Q131213 BUG: Grid Behavior Isn't Consistent w/ that of List/Combo Box

Q131215 BUG: COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED Ignores Long Field Names
Q131560 BUG: Creating a Header Class Definition in a VCX Causes Error
Q131578 BUG: Math Problem with INT() Function
Q131710 BUG: TYPE() Returns "" Instead of "U" For OleBoundControl
Q131875 BUG: Form Designer Window Won't Scroll When Selecting Objects

Q132104 BUG: Background Color in Text Box Does Not Use Dithered Colors
Q132480 BUG: Aliases in View Window Are Listed in Reverse Order
Q132534 BUG: Error Changing Grid s DynamicBackColor & DynamicForeColor
Q132863 BUG: DBGETPROP() for Database Comments Not Working Correctly
Q132864 FIX: SET CENTURY OFF Turns 02/29/2000 into Invalid Date

Q132910 BUG: Can't Move Focus from a Toolbar to an Object on a Form
Q132973 FIX: OLE Automation After Loading Word Manually Gives GP Fault
Q133003 BUG: SQL SELECT Brings Up Dialog Twice Erroneously
Q133022 FIX: Spinner Doesn't Inherit Color Props from .vcx Definition
Q133033 BUG: Tracing Main Program After DO *.PJX Causes Exception Err.

Q133100 BUG: Timer is Visible on a Form After Using Graphics Methods
Q133245 BUG: One-to-Many Report Wizard Doesn't Sort in Correct Order
Q133742 BUG: Toolbar Options Positioned Off the Screen
Q134213 BUG: Init Method for Cursor Object has Incorrect Data Session
Q134215 BUG: OLE SUBCLASS: Subclassing of OleControl/OLE Unspecified

Q134242 FIX: Label Text Box Accepts Too Many Characters Without Error
Q134244 FIX: Get Displays 0 When ENTER Key Used to Move to Next Get
Q134245 BUG: Multi-Select List Box Does Not Retain Selected Items
Q134251 BUG: Runtime Changes to the Grid Not Saved Correctly
Q134308 BUG: Upper Format Truncates Right/Center-Alligned Report Field

Q134315 BUG: Cannot Open Database and No Message Is Displayed
Q134366 FIX:GENDBC Error: Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword
Q134392 BUG: Shape Control's Mouseup Incorrectly Fired by Form Click
Q134393 BUG: Can't Bring a Grid Forward When It's Beneath Another Grid
Q134394 BUG:Win32S Error: Unhandled Exception on Visual FoxPro Startup

Q134436 BUG: After Removing Text in Grid Other Data Appears Truncated
Q134437 BUG: Report Wizard Preview Error If View Given as Child Table
Q134620 FIX: Error in Converter: Variable Gendircount Not Found
Q134638 BUG: SHOW GET Does Not Refresh Number of Elements
Q134643 BUG: Alter Table Add Primary Key Error Not Trappable

Q134707 BUG: Unbinding Grid with SetAll Method Still Displays Data
Q134792 BUG: Pointer in Drop-Down Combo Box Not at the Beginning
Q134881 BUG: WAIT WINDOW AT Clause Puts WAIT WINDOW on Windows Desktop
Q134888 BUG: GDI Memory Not Released in Windows 95 After Memory Error
Q134889 FIX: Filter Is Not Added for Integer Fields in View Wizards

Q134890 BUG: Wizards Can Be Hidden Allowing More Than One to Run
Q134891 BUG: DEFINE POPUP PROMPT Can Cause Visual FoxPro to Quit
Q134895 BUG: DragIcon Can Be Dragged Outside Visual FoxPro Window
Q134977 FIX: Error Occurs When Remove Object That Has Pending Code
Q135040 BUG: Pack Closes Index File but Does Not Update It

Q135111 BUG: "Feature Not Available" Error If READ in Form of Formset
Q135286 BUG: Can't Use Keyboard to Change Vertical Size of Object
Q135328 BUG: TOP and LEFT Properties Do not Reset to Default
Q135329 BUG: Pressing PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Moves to New Code Window
Q135330 BUG: StatusBarText Does Not Change with SetFocus Method

Q135342 BUG: Scope on Report Command Doesn't Work as It Did in ver 2.x
Q135361 BUG: SEEK Command Fails If Collate Is Set to "Machine"
Q135384 BUG: Unbalanced Parentheses in IF Condition Not Seen by Parser
Q135385 FIX: CANCEL After "Object in Use" Error Closes Visual FoxPro
Q135399 BUG: Filer:Application Error If Long Filename in VFP Directory

Q135400 FIX: Unallocated Handle When Deleting Zero Value of a Grid
Q135519 BUG: Creating 500 Instances of a Form Class Causes IC Error
Q135562 FIX: Delete Trigger Fires Out of Order
Q135563 BUG: One-to-Many Report Based on Two Views Causes Errors
Q135566 BUG: GATHER FROM Command Checks Lock Status of Table

Q135611 BUG: Try to Modify Label Previewed by Another, Calls Converter
Q135612 BUG: Form Does Not Release After Being Changed to Modal
Q135613 FIX: Exiting Wizard-Generated Form Causes Several Errors
Q135614 FIX: GET Field Default Sizes on the Desktop Are Too Small
Q135617 BUG: Group Header Information Prints Incorrectly

Q135618 BUG: View Designer Doesn't Properly Display Crosstab
Q135625 BUG: Grid Valid Event Fires Before Grid Control Valid Fires
Q135627 FIX: Logical Fields Unavailable in Step 4 of Query Wizard
Q135677 FIX: Accessing the Internet via MSN causes a crash in VFP
Q135701 FIX: TTOC(<DATE>,1) Returns String Larger Than 14 Characters

Q135702 FIX: File List for Recently Used Projects Lost
Q135708 BUG: Changing PageOrder in PageFrame Gives Incorrect PageName
Q135710 FIX: MaxLength Property Reverts to "0" in the Properties Sheet
Q135754 BUG: ListBox Does Not Refresh Properly with SET FILTER Command
Q135801 BUG: Print Preview Toolbar Off Screen with VGA

Q135817 BUG: Mouse Down Triggered on a Minimized Window
Q135841 BUG: List Box Does Not Respect NumberOfElements
Q135906 BUG: Can't Restore Default Foxhead Icon After Set Icon Prop
Q135908 BUG: Hot Keys Do Not Work If TabStop Is Set to False

Q136015 FIX: Spinner Name Doesn't Move with Spinner in a PageFrame
Q136042 BUG: SET TOPIC Overwritten by SET MESSAGE
Q136070 BUG: Examples on Pages 69-75 of Developer's Guide Don't Work
Q136071 BUG: ON ERROR Not Invoked When Error Occurs in Error Event
Q136154 BUG: Text Box Does Not Respond to DblClick Event

Q136277 BUG: FormCount Property Does Not Count Toolbars in a Form Set
Q136278 BUG: Error When Using @ SAY to Play Sounds from General Field
Q136281 BUG: GridBuilder Gives Data Type Error After Fields Rearranged
Q136282 BUG: Spinner Does Not Increment Value as It Should
Q136338 FIX: Windows 95 GDI Leak with Show Window Contents Setting

Q136422 FIX:Visual FoxPro Hangs If Focus Set to TextBox in Grid Column
Q136557 BUG: SHOW WINDOW <name> REFRESH in BROWSE VALID Does Not Work
Q136558 FIX: Debug and Trace Options Disabled After Running RI Builder
Q136559 BUG: Space is Used Instead of PasswordChar Character
Q136560 FIX: RI Fails with 'Trigger Failed' if dBASE Compatibility ON

Q136668 BUG: Inconsistent Behavior of KeyPreview Property
Q136669 BUG: Grid Activation Causes Form to Move If Form Title Hidden
Q136688 BUG: Class Browser: Multiple Control Boxes with Maximized .VCX
Q136759 BUG: Application Error When Releasing Popup Menu
Q136826 BUG: Resuming from a Suspended Form Causes a GP Fault

Q136852 BUG: Objects Are Missing the Destroy Event
Q136904 FIX: Invalid Page Fault When Modify Tastrade Orders Structure
Q136916 BUG: Saving Report May Not Allow User to Reselect Object
Q136946 BUG: No RightClick Event For ToolBars, Containers, or Controls
Q136980 FIX: Entering Validation Rule in Table Designer Causes Error

Q137060 FIX: FontSize=1 Causes Visual FoxPro to Terminate w/Windows 95
Q137122 BUG: FOPEN() Does Not Search Path Specified by SET PATH
Q137409 FIX: Group Name w/ More Than 30 Characters Causes Setup Error
Q137411 BUG: HalfHeight Forms Closable Even If Closable = False
Q137413 BUG: Report Writer Creates Child Records in One-to-Many Report

Q137521 BUG: Class Browser: Error When Typing a Subclass in Type Combo
Q137808 BUG: Empty Error Log File Created with the Converter
Q137809 FIX: Insufficient Memory on a Computer That Has 512 Meg of RAM
Q137947 BUG: Bitmaps Black or Poor Quality Printed in LaserJet Reports
Q137948 BUG: Report Writer Left-Aligns Numeric Fields Added w/ Toolbar

Q137949 FIX: Microsoft Excel Worksheets w/ Formulas Import Incorrectly
Q137950 BUG: Valid Event Doesn't Fire in Control Array of Text Boxes
Q137951 FIX: Can't Change the Title of the Validation Error Box
Q138056 BUG: CurrentControl Property of Grid Column Reverts to Default
Q138145 BUG: Different TAB & SHIFT+TAB Behavior in Visual FoxPro Popup

Q138233 FIX: Memory Leak When Scroll Database Designer in Windows 95
Q138376 BUG: NODEFAULT Is Ignored in Text Box KeyPress Event Code
Q138435 BUG: Changing Grid View Property Incorrectly Displays Grid
Q138473 BUG: Code Window Closes Design Tools When Run from a Program
Q138561 FIX: Combo Box Does Not Appear to Drop Down When Clicked

Q138563 FIX: Form Not Cleared from Memory When Grid Has the Focus
Q138607 BUG: Can't Enter Period in a Text Box with Scientific Notation
Q138677 BUG: CREATE SQL VIEW Scrambles the Parentheses in SQL Command
Q138734 BUG: Cancel Doesn't Work in RESTORE MACROS FROM GETFILE()

Q138874 FIX: Visual FoxPro Apps Branded w/ "Engineering Prototype"
Q138919 FIX: Form Appears But None of the Form's Objects Show Up
Q138952 BUG: Calling AMEMBERS() w/ Invalid Parameter Creates an Array
Q138961 BUG: Only One File Extension Honored in Parameter of GETFILE()
Q139048 BUG: Update SQL Works Incorrectly with RAND() in WHERE Clause

Q139091 FIX: "INDEX Internal Consistency Error" Occurs with SET KEY
Q139108 BUG: Visual FoxPro Fails If Subclass Name Ends in a Number
Q139145 BUG: Text Shifts to the Left and Down Slightly in a Grid
Q139183 BUG: View Not Accurate with One-to-Many Grandchild Relation
Q139188 BUG: Cannot Click a List Box on a Pageframe by Using the Mouse

Q139196 BUG:Clicking Scroll Bar in Grid May Write Data to Wrong Record
Q139215 BUG: Labels Truncated When Printable Page Option Is Selected
Q139363 BUG: Setup Wizard Creates Disk Images that Are too Big
Q139387 BUG: Data Type Is Invalid for This Property Error Message
Q139549 BUG: Using RUN to Shell to MS-DOS Results in ICE Error

Q139569 BUG: MDI Window Reverses Parent/Child Window Name in Title Bar
Q139757 BUG: Upsize Wizard Falsely Creates Timestamp Field on SQL 6.0
Q139768 BUG: ON ERROR Statement Not Executed in Browse of Table
Q139835 PRB: TTOD() Returns Incorrect Date with Time of 12:00:00 AM
Q139865 BUG: Programmatic Change in Grid Does Not Update ControlSource

Q139913 BUG: GotFocus & Valid Events Fire Unexpectedly in Box of Grid
Q139953 BUG: DATETIME Datatype Rounds Fractions of a Second
Q139959 BUG: Valid Event Runs Twice When SetFocus Issued in LostFocus
Q140299 FIX: Pressing ESC Key in Properties Window Causes Error
Q140300 FIX: SQL SELECT Returns Different Results Using the Same Data

Q140303 BUG: DBSETPROP() for DataType Gives Incorrect Results
Q140322 FIX: GDI Resource Leak in Visual FoxPro DE in Windows 95
Q140516 FIX: Storing Array Elements Causes GP Fault
Q140566 BUG: Click Event Of Straight Line Not Firing
Q140576 FIX: Backslash Alone in Menu Causes "Illegal Operation" Error

Q140578 FIX: Resizing Field in Grid Builder Causes Error
Q140579 FIX: Incorrect Results from SELECT with Nested SELECTs and OR
Q140792 FIX: CheckBox Control in Grid Cannot Be Set to Read Only
Q140861 FIX: Default Value Not Evaluated Properly Using Stored Procs
Q141075 FIX: FoxPro Quits When It Runs Out of File Handles

Q141142 FIX: Distributed Application Allows Setup /a
Q141314 BUG: Label Wizard Allows Fields to Sort with View
Q141315 BUG: Changing Subclassed Form's Desktop Property Has No Effect
Q141316 BUG: Report Is Wrong When You Relate Tables on Currency Field
Q141318 BUG: "Error #101 in addgraphdata(0)" in Query Designer

Q141354 BUG: Adding Description to Table's Index in DBC Corrupts Table
Q141355 BUG: Copy/Paste Causes GP Fault w/Worksheet Created by COPY TO
Q141356 FIX: PageFrame Refresh Fails with Stacked Pages
Q141390 FIX: NOCONSOLE in Report Form Command Causes Erratic Behavior
Q141391 FIX: GP Fault If Exit Windows 95 w/ Insert Object Dialog Open

Q141395 BUG: Problem Setting Focus to a Combobox from a PageFrame
Q141425 BUG: Toolbar Events Fire Differently When Using Dock Method
Q141479 BUG: Visual FoxPro Quits If You Click Ignore or Suspend/Resume
Q141503 BUG: Can't Connect to Excel Data Source in Remote View Wizard


Q141528 BUG: Data Designer Validation Text Causes Invalid Page Fault
Q141557 BUG: Cursor's ReadOnly Property Carried to Other Data Sessions
Q141558 FIX: WindowType Changed at Run Time Can't Be Changed Back
Q141628 BUG: Pageframe.Addobject() to a New Page Disables Mouse
Q141631 BUG: Mouse Clicks Continually Stack Up in the Event Queue

Q141634 BUG: Setup Parse Error "Object ID 335" from Distributed Setup
Q141635 BUG: ToolTipText Message Blank If Longer Than 50 Characters
Q141639 BUG: Subclass Member Object Properties Cannot Be Changed
Q141677 FIX: Insufficient Memory Errors Using OLE Controls
Q141678 FIX: Changes Made to a Sub-Classed CommandGroup are not Saved

Q141737 BUG: Invalid Page Fault When Form Released in Error Event
Q141738 BUG: Report Form to ASCII Truncates Data After Page 11" Mark
Q141739 BUG: Sendmail.scx Hangs FoxPro If Mail Client Not Installed
Q141794 BUG: UNLOCK Command Commits Changes to Row-Buffered Records
Q141805 BUG: 'Unknown member' Error Loading Form

Q141806 BUG: Errors Previewing Customer Listing Report in Tastraders
Q141835 FIX: Visual FoxPro Doesn't Save File as Expected
Q141910 BUG: Validate Database Dialog Allows Choice of Invalid Table
Q141956 BUG: 'Z' Function on @ GET Doesn't Suppress Display of Zero
Q141957 BUG: Float Fields Show Asterisks in Wizard-Generated Screen

Q142082 FIX: CTL3D32.DLL Errors with Windows 95
Q142169 FIX: TABLEREVERT() Does Not Release Header Lock
Q142194 BUG: Control Class in Control Not Shown in Control Array
Q142201 FIX: Running a Query from View Designer Causes Error Message
Q142214 BUG: RELEASE Releases All Local Variables with Identical Names

Q142313 BUG: Using RI Builder & Long Table Names Makes Triggers Fail
Q142392 FIX: Drag Icon Property Ignored on Outline Control OCX
Q142397 BUG: REPLACE with UDF May Cause "Record Is Not Locked" Error
Q142551 FIX: No Carriage Return Between RI Code and Appended Code
Q142552 BUG: OLE Error Playing .WAV Object

Q142796 FIX: Program Generated by GENDBC Cannot be Run in Executable
Q142797 FIX: Allow Nulls on Field Change Results of SELECT-SQL
Q142886 FIX: "Record is in use by another" Error Inside of Grid
Q142887 FIX: SQL Select Inconsistency with SET ANSI OFF and ALLTRIM()
Q143075 FIX: Error When Attempting to Rename Class in Class Browser

Q143247 BUG: Scrolling Edit Window Causes Incorrect Highlighting
Q143248 BUG: Error: "Variable 'TITLE' is not found" as Start Tastrade
Q143287 BUG: Visual Class Library's Registration Lost
Q143296 BUG: NODEFAULT in Page's Deactivate Event Activates Wrong Tab
Q143306 BUG: COLOR on @...GET Push Button Does Not Work as Expected

Q143308 BUG: Textwidth Method Does Not Return Foxel Units
Q143309 BUG: Report Writer Ignores Constant Band Height Setting
Q145607 BUG: Cannot Customize the Form Controls Toolbar
Q145721 FIX: Access Violation Error on 16 MB Windows NT System

Q145846 BUG: SQLSetProp() Without Expression Does Not Restore Defaults
Q146223 BUG: Position Error: Outline Control on Classed Pageframe
Q146640 BUG: Controls Saved as Class from PageFrame Becomes Invisible
Q147277 BUG: Using an Array Element as the Counter in a For Loop Fails
Q147287 BUG: Dropdown Portion of Combo Box Left Behind When Form Moved

Q147306 BUG: Read Only Icon Keeps Visual FoxPro .EXE from Compiling
Q147571 BUG: MAPI: Calling ResolvName Method Results in GP Fault
Q147572 BUG: GRID: Scrollbars Disabled When ColumnCount Specified
Q147574 BUG: Reprint Group Header Problem with Two Data Groupings

Additional query words: akz

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Keywords          : kbvfp kbvfp300 kbbuglist kbfixlist
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300
Version           : :3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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