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Q221672: FIX: Coverage Profiler Does Not Accept Long Coverage File Names

Article: Q221672
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbMiscTools kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox
Last Modified: 08-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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You are programmatically calling the Coverage Profiler. You pass a log file name
to the Coverage Profiler as a parameter. If the log file name contains a period
or periods other than one for delimiting the extension, the log file will not be
opened. A file open dialog appears asking for the log file to be opened.

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 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. Run the following code from a program (.PRG) file:

  CLOSE ALL
  SET COVERAGE TO "A.Coverage.Log.File.With.A.Long.Name"
  lnx = 1
  FOR lni = 1 TO 10
     lnx = lnx + 1
  NEXT
  SET COVERAGE TO
  DO (_COVERAGE) WITH "A.Coverage.Log.File.With.A.Long.Name"

2. The Coverage Profiler will start, and a file open dialog box with the caption
  "Please specify coverage log file" will appear.

REFERENCES
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(c) Microsoft Corporation 1999, All Rights Reserved.
Contributions by Jim Saunders, Microsoft Corporation


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbMiscTools kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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