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Q164360: FIX: Error "OLE Error Code 0x80080005 Server Execution Failed"

Article: Q164360
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 3.00 3.00b 5.00
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbvfp kbvfp600fix
Last Modified: 24-MAR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If the "at" symbol ("@") is in the name of your computer, you may receive the
following error message when running a manually written MSGraph program:

  OLE error code 0x80080005 Server execution failed

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, the "at" symbol ("@") must be removed from the name of
the computer as follows:

1. Right-click the Network Neighborhood icon and click Properties.

2. Click the Identification tab.

3. In the Computer Name box, remove the "at" symbol ("@") from the name of the
  computer.

4. Click OK and restart the computer. On non-Windows 95 networks you may have to
  resolve this new computer name for proper network operation.

5. Run the Graph1.prg program, located in the MORE INFORMATION section below,
  from the Command window.

The MSGraph Bar chart appears on the screen.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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Place the following code into a .prg file and execute it:

  

     #DEFINE tab chr(09)
     #DEFINE cr_lf chr(13) + chr(10)
     LOCAL FruitData
     Fruit_Data = " "   + tab + "Fruits" + cr_lf + ;
          "Apples"  + tab + "1"      + cr_lf + ;
               "Oranges" + tab + "2"      + cr_lf + ;
               "Pears"   + tab + "3"      + cr_lf
     CREATE TABLE frt_graph (mygraph G)
     APPEND BLANK
     APPEND GENERAL MyGraph CLASS "MSGRAPH" DATA Fruit_Data
     MODIFY GENERAL MyGraph

If you have an "at" symbol ("@") in the computer name you will receive the
following error message.

  OLE error code 0x80080005 Server execution failed

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv kbvfp kbvfp600fix 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500
Version           : 3.00 3.00b 5.00
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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