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Q318993: FIX: XMLToCursor() Truncates Data on DBCS System

Article: Q318993
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283
Last Modified: 14-MAY-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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If you run Visual FoxPro 7.0 on a Double-byte Character Set (DBCS) enabled
system, the XMLToCursor() function truncates data. The resulting field is only
half as long as it should be, and the last half of the data is truncated.

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 the Problem
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Run the following code from Visual FoxPro 7.0 on a DBCS-enabled system (such as
Chinese Microsoft Windows 2000):

  LOCAL lccCharsDB AS STRING

  CLEAR
  CLOSE DATABASES ALL
  CD JUSTPATH(SYS(16))
  lcCharsDB = CHR(191) + CHR(201) + ;
  	CHR(209) + CHR(211) + ;
  	CHR(201) + CHR(236) + ;
  	CHR(152) + CHR(203) + ;
  	CHR(202) + CHR(190) + ;
  	CHR(213) + CHR(90) + ;
  	CHR(209) + CHR(212)
  CREATE TABLE DBCS (memo1 m)
  INSERT INTO DBCS VALUES (lcCharsDB)
  CURSORTOXML("DBCS", "MyString.xml", 1, 512)
  TYPE MyString.XML
  XMLTOCURSOR("MyString.xml", "MyCursor", 512)
  SELECT mycursor
  BROWSE

  *~ Clean Up
  USE IN MyCursor
  USE IN DBCS
  ERASE MyString.XML
  ERASE DBCS.DBF
  ERASE DBCS.FPT

Notice that when you browse the table, the memo1 field is only half as long as it
should be. The remaining data is truncated.

Additional query words: kbVFP700sp1fix

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

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