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Q195628: FIX: VFP Will Not Shutdown With Multiple Component Galleries

Article: Q195628
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbservicepack kbvfp kbvfp600 kbvfp600fix kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbMiscTool
Last Modified: 16-JUN-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If multiple Component Galleries are open, clicking the Close button (the "X" in
the upper-right-hand corner) of the Visual FoxPro main window, closes one
Component Gallery, but does not close Visual FoxPro.

RESOLUTION
==========

Enter the Dynamic folder directly into the Node tab of the Properties dialog box
without using the Open dialog.

-or-

Install the October 1998 Visual FoxPro 6.0 Gallery and FoxPro Foundation Classes
(FFC) update. You can download the update from the following Web address:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/updates.asp

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 bug was corrected in the October 1998 Visual FoxPro 6.0 Gallery and FFC
update.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information
about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. From the Tools menu, select Component Gallery.

2. Repeat step 1 to open a second instance of Component Gallery.

3. Click the Close button of the main Visual FoxPro window.

  RESULTS: Observe that only one Component Gallery closes and Visual FoxPro
  remains open.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbservicepack kbvfp kbvfp600 kbvfp600fix kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbMiscTools1098fix 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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