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Article: Q316807
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 6.0,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): KbDBFDBC kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283
Last Modified: 18-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 7.0, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you click Properties on the Table menu in Visual FoxPro while a Browse window
is open, and the table does not belong to the current data session, the
following errors may occur:

  Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

  followed by:

  The instruction at "0x77e6e5dc" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory
  could not be "written".

Note that these errors do not occur if another table receives focus before you
click Properties.

RESOLUTION
==========

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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1. Paste the following code in a program file and then run the file:

  CREATE TABLE mytable (fld1 C(10))
  INSERT INTO mytable (fld1) VALUES ("Record one")
  USE

  PUBLIC oForm

  oForm = NEWOBJECT("myform")

  DEFINE CLASS myform AS FORM
  	DATASESSION=2

  PROCEDURE INIT
  	USE mytable  
  	BROWSE NOWAIT 

  ENDDEFINE

2. When the Browse window appears, click Properties on the Table menu.

Additional query words: kbVFP700sp1fix

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Keywords          : KbDBFDBC kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600 kbVFP700
Version           : :6.0,7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Q316807: FIX: Fatal Error When You Select Properties from the Table Menu