FIX: Error Browsing Table Created from Modified Structure

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

FoxPro quits when attempting to perform a browse on a table, displaying one of the following error messages:

• The application "unknown" has unexpectedly quit, because an error of type 1 occurred.

  -or-

• The application "Microsoft FoxPro" has unexpectedly quit, because an error of type 1 occurred.

CAUSE

The table FoxPro attempted to browse was created as follows:

1. An initial new table was created by the COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED command.

2. A record was added to the initial new table.

3. A second new table (which the browse was attempted on) was created by the CREATE FROM command.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

These steps assume that the CUSTOMER.DBF table has been installed in the TUTORIAL subdirectory in the main FoxPro directory.

1. Type the following in the Command window:

   USE SYS(2004)+"\TUTORIAL\customer.dbf" COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO test USE TEST APPEND BLANK REPLACE field_name WITH 'ABC', field_type WITH 'C', ;

         field_len WITH 030, field_dec with 000
   

   CREATE test2 FROM test

2. Type "BROWSE" (without the quotation marks) in the Command window, or double-click TEST2 in the View window.