FIX: Missing #IF or #ENDIF Causes a Hang or "Unknown Error"

Last reviewed: September 22, 1997
Article ID: Q104348

2.50 MS-DOS kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist kberrmsg

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.5

SYMPTOMS

If the preprocessor directive #IF is missing from a program, compiling the program causes the following error message:

   Alert message = "Unknown error code 723"

If the preprocessor directive #ENDIF is missing, compiling the program causes one of the following conditions:

The FoxPro error message: Alert message = "Unknown error code 724"
-or-
The computer hangs, sometimes displaying the following truncated error message:
```
      bnormal program termination: Memory protection fault
```

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro 2.5 for MS-DOS. This problem was corrected in FoxPro 2.5a for MS-DOS.

MORE INFORMATION

The expected error message when the #IF preprocessor directive is missing is:

   Unrecognized command verb

The expected error message when the #ENDIF preprocessor directive is missing is:

   Missing #endif

Additional reference words: FoxDos 2.50 buglist2.50 fixlist2.50a compile
compiled abnormal errmsg err msg 2.50a
KBCategory: kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist kberrmsg
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Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: September 22, 1997
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