PRB: Error Messages with CD-ROM Database

Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
Article ID: Q112401

2.50 2.50a 2.50b | 2.50 2.50a 2.50b

WINDOWS          | MS-DOS

kbprg kbprb

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b

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SYMPTOMS

FoxPro reports one of the following error messages when reading a database from a disc in a CD-ROM drive:

   Not a table/DBF.

   -or-

   MEMO file is missing/invalid.

CAUSE

The disc is dirty.

RESOLUTION

Clean the disc.

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b compact disc
disk
unconfirmed
KBCategory: kbprg kbprb
KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

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Last reviewed: December 18, 1997
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