FIX: Browse Format Ignores GET/SAYs with Color Clause

WINDOWS               | MS-DOS                | MACINTOSH

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6
• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b, 2.5c

SYMPTOMS

If a FORMAT file contains GET/SAY commands and a COLOR clause is on every GET/SAY, FoxPro generates a divide by zero or overflow error, followed by a general protection (GP) fault after running the BROWSE FORMAT command.

CAUSE

FoxPro completely ignores a GET/SAY containing a COLOR clause when called from BROWSE FORMAT. When every field has COLOR, there are no fields to process, so FoxPro generates the error.

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 FoxPro version 2.6a for MS-DOS, FoxPro version 2.6a for Macintosh, and FoxPro version 2.6a for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a program in FoxPro that contains these two lines:

   @ 1,1 GET company @ 2,1 GET contact COLOR w+/r,n/w

2. Save the Program as TEST.FMT.

3. Open the Customer table.

4. In the Command window type:

   SET FORMAT TO test.fmt BROWSE FORMAT