PRB: "Invalid Variable Name" After Migrating Screen

 Last reviewed: May 16, 1996
Article ID: Q110244
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

After you have used the FB+Migrate application to convert a FoxBASE+ for the Macintosh screen to FoxPro for Macintosh, the following error message occurs when you are editing a picture object: 

   Invalid Variable Name

CAUSE

When the FB+Migrate application converts a FoxBASE+/Mac picture, a FoxPro for Macintosh picture push button is created if the picture resource does not exist in the FoxBASE+/Mac FOXUSER resource file. A numeric variable name may be assigned to this push button.

Double-clicking the push button and then choosing OK will generate the "Invalid Variable Name" error, since memory variable and field names must begin with a letter.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

  • Change the variable name so that it begins with a letter, and then initialize the variable in the setup code of the screen.

    -or-

  • Delete the push button and add a picture field to the screen in its place.

Additional reference words: FoxMac 2.50b
KBCategory: kbinterop kbprg kbprb
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Last reviewed: May 16, 1996
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