List of Error Messages That Have Changed in Visual FoxPro

Last reviewed: October 18, 1996
Article ID: Q134636

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

The following list shows those error messages with the corresponding error numbers that have been modified (the wording has changed) in Microsoft Visual FoxPro. This list does not include error numbers new to Microsoft Visual FoxPro.

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   1   File does not exist.
  11   Function argument value, type, or count is invalid.
  12   Variable  <variable>  is not found.
  13   Alias is not found.
  15   Not a table.
  17   Table number is invalid.
  18   Line is too long.
  21   Length of memory variable strings exceeds amount of memory.
  23   Index expression exceeds maximum length.
  24   Alias name is already in use.
  26   Table has no index order set.
  30   Row or column position is off the screen.
  34   Operation is invalid for a Memo, General, or Picture field.
  36   Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword.
  37   You must use a logical expression with FILTER.
  39   Numeric overflow. Data was lost.
  41   Memo file  <name>  is missing or is invalid.
  42   The LOCATE command must be issued before the CONTINUE command.
  43   There is not enough memory to complete this operation.
  46   Expression evaluated to an illegal value.
  47   No fields found to process.
  50   Report file is invalid.
  52   No table is open.
  54   Label file is invalid.
  55   Memory variable file is invalid.
  58   LOG(): Zero or negative used as argument.
  61   SQRT() argument cannot be negative.
  62   Cannot access characters beyond string.
  67   Expression evaluator failed.
  91   File was not placed in memory using the LOAD command.
  94   Must specify additional parameters.
  95   Statement is not allowed in interactive mode.
 101   Cannot open file.
 103   Allowed DO nesting level exceeded.
 108   File is in use by another user.
 109   Record is in use by another user.
 110   File must be opened exclusively.
 111   Cannot update the cursor.
 114   Index does not match the table. Delete the index file
       and re-create the index.
 115   .DIF file header is invalid.
 116   .DIF vector is invalid - .DBF field mismatch.
 117   .DIF type indicator is invalid.
 119   .SYLK file header is invalid.
 120   .SYLK file dimension bounds are invalid.
 121   .SYLK file format is invalid.
 124   Printer redirection is invalid.
 125   Printer is not ready.
 127   View file is invalid.
 164   Menu title has not been defined with DEFINE PAD.
 165   Menu has not been defined with DEFINE POPUP.
 166   No menu items have been defined for this menu.
 167   Menu item position must be a positive number.
 168   Menu has not been defined with DEFINE MENU.
 169   Cannot define menu item.
 170   Cannot release menu item.
 174   Cannot redefine a menu that is in use.
 175   Cannot redefine a popup that is in use.
 176   Cannot clear a menu that is in use.
 177   Cannot clear a popup that is in use.
 178   Menu has not been activated with ACTIVATE MENU.
 179   Menu has not been activated with ACTIVATE POPUP.
 181   Menu specified in ACTIVATE MENU is already in use.
 182   Menu specified in ACTIVATE POPUP is already in use.
 202   Invalid path or file name.
 214   Window has not been defined with DEFINE WINDOW.
 215   Window has not been activated with ACTIVATE WINDOW.
 216   Display mode is not available.
 221   Left margin including indent must be less than the right margin.
 225    <name>  is not a memory variable.
 226    <name>  is not a file variable.
 227   Box dimensions are invalid.
 230   Array dimensions are invalid.
 231   Invalid argument used with the SET function.
 232    <name>  is not an array.
 279   Menu was not pushed.
 287   Menu size is too small.
 291   Expression used with ASIN() is out of range.
 292   Cannot use 0 or negative as the argument for LOG10().
 293   Expression used with ACOS() is out of range.
 297   Lotus 1-2-3 version 2.0 file format is invalid.
 332   Window specified in DEFINE WINDOW has invalid coordinates.
 355   Macro is not defined.
 356   Keyboard macro file format is invalid.
 392   Maximum record length exceeded in the import file.

1001 Feature is not available. 1002 Input/output operation failure. 1103 Invalid seek offset. 1104 Error reading file. 1105 Error writing to file. 1106 Cannot access file; transaction is in progress. 1108 Picture too big, corrupt, or in wrong format. 1112 Error closing the file. 1113 File is not open. 1115 Invalid operation for the cursor. 1117 Key field length does not match. 1124 Key exceeds allowed size. 1126 Record is too long. 1127 You must use a logical expression with a FOR or WHILE clause. 1130 'field' phrase is not found. 1134 Variable must be in the selected table. 1140 FILTER expression exceeds allowed size. 1141 Unrecognized index file revision. Re-create the index. 1145 Must be a character or numeric key field. 1147 Target table is already engaged in a relation. 1148 Expression has been re-entered while the filter is executing. 1149 Not enough memory for buffer. 1150 Not enough memory for file map. 1151 Not enough memory for filename. 1152 Cannot access the selected table. 1153 Cannot rename the file to different device. 1157 Cannot update the file. 1161 Too many records to browse or edit in the demo version. 1162 Procedure <procedure> is not found. 1163 Browse table is closed. 1164 Browse structure has changed.

1165    <field>  is not related to the current work area.

1178 Application file <file> is not closed. 1195 Object file <file> was compiled in a previous version of FoxPro.

1196    <file>  is not a Visual FoxPro .EXE file.

1202 Program is too large. 1211 An IF | ELSE | ENDIF statement is missing. 1212 Structure nesting is too deep. 1213 CASE, ENDCASE, or OTHERWISE does not have corresponding

       DO CASE statement.

1214 ENDTEXT does not have corresponding TEXT statement. 1220 Command contains invalid character. 1221 Command is missing required clause. 1225 Must be a memory or array variable. 1232 DIMENSION contains variable declaration without required

       subscript arguments.

1234 Subscript is outside defined range. 1235 Structure is invalid. 1238 No PARAMETER statement is found. 1241 Improper data type in the group expression. 1242 Syntax error in the field expression. 1243 Internal error: Too many characters in the report. 1245 Invalid expression in label definition file. 1246 Total label width exceeds allowed size. 1249 Too many READ commands are in effect. 1250 Too many PROCEDURE commands are in effect. 1252 Compiled code for this line is too long. 1253 Cannot rename the current directory. 1254 Cannot nest key labels. 1255 Key label <label> is invalid. 1257 Key string is too long. 1294 FOXUSER.DBF file is invalid. 1296 Error reading the resource. 1300 Function name is missing ). 1304 Function name is missing (. 1306 Missing comma (,). 1307 Cannot divide by 0.

1309    <file>  is not an object file.

1310 Too many characters are specified in the PICTURE clause. 1337 Cannot nest the PRINTJOB command. 1405 RUN|! command failed. 1410 Unable to create temporary work files. 1411 RUN|! command string is too long. 1412 Cannot locate the COMSPEC environment variable. 1420 OLE object is invalid or corrupted. 1421 Cannot activate the OLE server. 1422 Error saving the OLE object. 1423 Error creating the OLE object. 1424 Error copying the OLE object to Clipboard. 1502 Cannot write to the record because it is in use. 1507 Screen code is too large for available memory. 1600 Not enough memory to open a table with the USE command. 1604 No menu item is defined. 1605 No menu is defined. 1607 Maximum menu items allowed (128) is exceeded. 1608 Maximum menus allowed (25) is exceeded. 1611 Menu items and titles must be type Character. 1612 No such menu or menu item is defined. 1621 No menu titles have been defined for this menu. 1632 Window file format is invalid. 1637 File must be opened exclusively to convert the Memo file. 1642 Color set resource is not found. 1644 Printer driver is not found. 1645 Report contains a nesting error. 1646 Total field type must be Date or Numeric. 1647 Field expression contains an invalid data type. 1649 No previous PRINTJOB command to correspond to this command. 1651 CANCEL or SUSPEND is not allowed. 1652 Invalid use of a Visual FoxPro function as an array. 1657 Column number must be between 0 and the right margin. 1659 The table has memo fields that cannot be converted while

       open read-only.

1661 Microsoft Excel file format is invalid. 1662 Lotus 1-2-3 version 1.0 file format is invalid. 1670 Multiplan version 4.0 file format is invalid. 1671 Cannot import from password-protected file. 1673 Symphony version 1.0 file format is invalid. 1674 Symphony version 1.1 file format is invalid. 1678 Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.0 file format is invalid. 1681 PREVIEW clause is not allowed with OFF/NOCONSOLE or TO PRINT/FILE. 1683 Index tag is not found. 1684 Index tag or file name must be specified. 1686 Form file <name> is invalid. 1687 Menu file is invalid. 1688 Paradox file format is invalid. 1689 Cannot build an .APP or .EXE file without a main program. 1690 Table operation is invalid during indexing. 1691 Library file <name> is invalid. 1693 Cannot find the menu-generation program. 1694 Too many extensions are specified. 1695 COLUMN | FORM | ALIAS | NOOVERWRITE | WIDTH are only allowed

       with the FROM clause.

1696 NOWAIT/SAVE/NOENVIRONMENT/IN/WINDOW clauses are not allowed

       with the FROM clause.

       allowed with the FROM clause.

1705 File access is denied. 1706 Cannot sort .IDX files in descending order. 1707 Structural .CDX file is not found. 1710 MULTISELECT or MOVER clause is not supported for PROMPT style menus. 1711 API library revision mismatch. Rebuild library. 1712 Field name is a duplicate or invalid. 1713 Field width or number of decimal places is invalid. 1715 Server <server> is not found. 1716 Queue <queue> is not found. 1718 File is read-only. 1719 Object file <name> is in use and cannot be removed from memory. 1720 Cannot issue the SET FORMAT command while a READ command is

       in progress on a format file.

1722 Preprocessor expression is invalid. 1723 Mismatched #IF/#ELSIF/#ELSE/#ENDIF. 1724 Missing #ENDIF. 1725 Constant is already created with #DEFINE. 1726 API library is not found. 1727 A .DBF-style Help file is required. 1800 SQL: Internal error. 1801 SQL: Error correlating fields. 1802 SQL: Cannot locate table. 1803 SQL: HAVING clause is invalid. 1804 SQL: Statement is invalid. 1805 SQL: Too many subqueries. 1806 SQL: Column <field> | <variable> is not found. 1807 SQL: GROUP BY clause is invalid. 1808 SQL: ORDER BY clause is invalid. 1809 SQL: Out of memory. 1810 SQL: Invalid use of subquery. 1811 SQL: Aggregate on non-numeric expression. 1812 SQL: Statement too long. 1813 SQL: Use of UNION in subquery is invalid. 1814 SQL: Queries of this type are not supported.

1815    <cursor>  must be created with SELECT ...INTO TABLE.

1818 SQL: FROM clause is required. 1819 SQL: DISTINCT is invalid. 1820 SQL: SELECT contains invalid *. 1822 SQL: Invalid aggregate field. 1825 SQL: Subquery is invalid. 1826 SQL: SELECT is invalid. 1828 SQL: Illegal GROUP BY in subquery. 1830 SQL: Index is not found. 1831 SQL: Error building temporary index.

1832    <field> | <variable>  is not unique and must be qualified.

1833 SQL: WHERE clause is invalid. 1834 SQL: Too many UNIONs. 1839 SQL: Operation was canceled. 1841 SQL: Too many columns referenced. 1842 SQL: Subquery nesting is too deep. 1844 Cannot nest aggregate functions. 1845 SQL expression is too complex. 1903 String is too long to fit. 1907 Drive specifier is invalid. 1908 Length or decimal place argument is invalid. 1912 Operation is invalid for a General field. 1999 Function is not implemented.

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin
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Last reviewed: October 18, 1996
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