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Q268908: PRB: Error Message "Variable ‘APP_CLASSNAME’ Is Not Found"

Article: Q268908
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbwizard kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet
Last Modified: 26-JUL-2000

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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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Running the main program for an application created by the Application Wizard
produces the following error:

  Variable 'APP_CLASSNAME' is not found.

RESOLUTION
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Compile the application into either an executable (.exe) file or an application
(.app) file, and then run it.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. On the File menu, select New, select Project, and then click Wizard to create
  a new Visual FoxPro project called test.

2. Click OK to close the Application Builder.

3. On the Project Manager, select and run the test_app.prg. Note that you
  receive the preceding error message.

To eliminate the error, perform the following steps:

1. Open the test project.

2. Compile the application by typing the following in the Command window:

"BUILD APP test FROM test" (without the quotation marks)

3. Run the test.app application.

REFERENCES
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(c) Microsoft Corporation 2000, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Kenneth
Robison, Microsoft Corporation.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbwizard kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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