BUG: Running Macintosh Project in Windows Causes Error

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

When you are modifying a FoxPro for Macintosh project in FoxPro for Windows, you receive the following error:

   Invalid path or filename

CAUSE

The above error message may be caused by including a File type object in the project.

RESOLUTION

To solve this problem, do ONE of the following:

• Before adding any File type objects to a project on the Macintosh, type the following in the Command window (replace "Macintosh HD:" with the drive name that contains the File object):

        SET VOLUME C TO "Macintosh HD:"
  

  This command creates a record entry in the .PJX file that points to a path that conforms to the MS-DOS path conventions.

  -or-

• If you have already created a project, modify the project by typing "USE <project name>.PJX" (without the quotation marks), and then change the hard disk name in the Name memo field for each record that has a lowercase "x" as its object type so that the hard disk name follows the MS-DOS path conventions.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro version 2.5b for Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In FoxPro for Macintosh, create a project called TEST.PJX.

2. Click the Add button. In the Type popup list box, select File. Double- click the file FOX.PCT in the FoxPro folder.

3. Save the project.

4. Copy the Macintosh project over to an MS-DOS-based machine.

5. In FoxPro for Windows, type "MODIFY PROJECT test" (without the quotation marks) in the Command window.

Even though the project cannot be modified, the file is still left in an open state and must be closed with the CLOSE ALL command.