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Q316439: FIX: XMLToCursor Error Messages with More Than 128 Columns

Article: Q316439
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbInternet kbvfp kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700fix kbvfp700
Last Modified: 02-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The XMLToCursor function may report one of the following errors when it
encounters more than 128 columns:

  Fatal Error: Exception code=C0000005

  -or-

  Syntax Error

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0
Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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Save the following code in a program (.prg) file and then run the program:

  #define FIELDCOUNT  	128
  #define TABNAME    	"testtab"
  #define FIELDNAME  	"fieldnu"
  #define STRUTAB		"Strutable.dbf"
  CLEAR
  LOCAL lafieldinfo[FIELDCOUNT,16]
  FOR lni = 1 TO FIELDCOUNT
     lafieldinfo[lni,1] = FIELDNAME +PADL(TRANSFORM(lni),3,'0')
     lafieldinfo[lni,2] = "C"
     lafieldinfo[lni,3] = 5
     lafieldinfo[lni,4] = 0
     lafieldinfo[lni,5] = .F.
     lafieldinfo[lni,6] = .F.
     FOR lnj = 7 TO 16
        lafieldinfo[lni,lnj] = ""
     ENDFOR 
  ENDFOR
  CREATE CURSOR TABNAME FROM ARRAY lafieldinfo
  APPEND BLANK 
  ?(LEN(FIELDNAME)+3)*FIELDCOUNT
  ??CURSORTOXML(ALIAS(),'cXML',1,0)
  USE IN TABNAME 
  =XMLTOCURSOR(cXML,'cur')
  RETURN 

Additional query words: kbVFP700sp1fix

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Keywords          : kbInternet kbvfp kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700fix kbvfp700 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700
Version           : :7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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