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Q189773: FIX: Compile Fails in WITH/ENDWITH and IF Using Dot Operator

Article: Q189773
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a;
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 24-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you write a program or procedure containing an IF expression that evaluates
a property or method reference using the "." (dot) operator within a
WITH/ENDWITH construct and you attempt to run or compile the code, you might get
one of the following errors:

  Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword.

  Data type mismatch.

RESOLUTION
==========

Include a full object reference in the IF line, rather than the "." operator
reference that is normally used with the WITH/ENDWITH.

STATUS
======

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
================

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Copy the following code into a program (.PRG) file:

        PUBL ox
        ox = CREATEOBJECT('form1')
        ox.Show()

        DEFI class form1 as form
        cProperty = "XXX"
           PROC init
              WITH This
                 IF NOT 'XXX' $ .cProperty
                 ENDIF
              ENDWITH
        ENDDEFINE

2. Compile or attempt to run the code.

RESULT: In Visual FoxPro 5.0x, the following error appears:

  Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword.

In Visual FoxPRo 3.0x, the following error appears:

  Data type mismatch.

To make the code compile and run without error in each version, change:

     IF NOT 'XXX' $ .cProperty

  -to-

     IF NOT 'XXX' $ this.cProperty,

Additional query words: kbVFp300bbug kbVFp500abug kbVFp600fix

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a;
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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