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Q305238: FIX: FOR…EACH Fails with Character Array Element > 255

Article: Q305238
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 5.0,5.0a,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbOOP kbvfp kbvfp500a kbvfp500aBUG kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSni
Last Modified: 27-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use a FOR...NEXT command with a character array element that contains
more than 255 characters, the following error may be received:

  String is too long to fit.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual FoxPro version 7.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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To reproduce the problem, create a program and run the following code in Visual
FoxPro 5.0 or 6.0:

  DIMENSION  laX(1)
  laX(1) = SPACE( 256 )
  FOR EACH lcX IN laX
  	? lcX
  NEXT

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbOOP kbvfp kbvfp500a kbvfp500aBUG kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp500xSearch kbvfp700fix kbvfp700 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a
Version           : :5.0,5.0a,6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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