PRB: APPEND PROCEDURES Command Generates a Warning

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Using the APPEND PROCEDURES command to add more procedures to a database's Stored Procedures may generate a Warning:

   WARNING: The Procedures contain compile errors.
   Would you like to add them anyway?

CAUSE

This happens when the last line in the Stored Procedure file is missing a carriage return or the appending text file doesn't start with a carriage return. As a result, two lines are combined into one, which generates a warning message.

RESOLUTION

Make sure a carriage return is at the end of the Stored Procedures and that the appending file starts with a carriage return. For example, use this code:

   procfile = '_'+SUBSTR((SYS(3),1,7)+".TXT"
   fchnl = FCREATE((procfile))
   =FPUTS(fchnl,"")
   =FCLOSE(fchnl)
   COPY PROCEDURES TO (procfile) ADDITIVE

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new Database.

2. Edit the Stored Procedures.

3. Enter the following information into the Stored Procedures:

   PROCEDURE TEST WAIT WINDOW

4. Make sure there is no carriage return after the WAIT WINDOW command.

5. Close the Stored Procedures.

6. Type the following commands in the Command window:

   COPY PROCEDURE TO TEST.TXT APPEND PROCEDURES FROM TEST.TXT

7. When the Warning dialog box displays, choose Add.

8. Edit the Stored Procedures.

   PROCEDURE TEST
   WAIT WINDOW PROCEDURE TEST
   WAIT WINDOW