FIX: Unhandled Exception Win32S Error on Visual FoxPro Startup

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

On startup, Visual FoxPro returns the following error message and crashes:

   Win32s Error. VFP.EXE Unhandled Exception Detected.
   (Code: 0xC0000005 w32scomb.dll:10660)
   Application Will Be Terminated.

CAUSE

The ANSICP setting in the WIN32S.INI file is not a supported code page.

WORKAROUND

Change the ANSICP in the WIN32S.INI file to a supported code page.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

The following are valid code pages for Visual FoxPro version 3.0:

Code page   identifier   Platform

437         x01          U.S. MS-DOS
620  (1)    x69          Mazovia (Polish) MS-DOS
737  (1)    x6A          Greek MS-DOS (437G)
850         x02          International MS-DOS
852         x64          Eastern European MS-DOS
861         x67          Icelandic MS-DOS
865         x66          Nordic MS-DOS
866         x65          Russian MS-DOS
895   (1)   x68          Kamenicky (Czech) MS-DOS
857         x6B          Turkish MS-DOS
1250        xC8          Eastern European Windows
1251        xC9          Russian Windows
1252        x03          Windows ANSI
1253        xCB          Greek Windows
1254        xCA          Turkish Windows
10000       x04          Standard Macintosh
10006       x98          Greek Macintosh
10007 (1)   x96          Russian Macintosh
10029       x97          Macintosh EE

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Edit the WIN32S.INI file, changing the AnsiCP setting to an invalid code page. For example, change the line:

         AnsiCP=1252
   

   to this line:

         AnsiCP=544
   

2. Save the file

3. Quit and restart Windows version 3.11.

4. Start Visual FoxPro.