PRB: APPEND GENERAL DATA Not Working in Windows for Workgroups

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

SYMPTOMS

The following command does not successfully update a general field in Windows for Workgroups but does update the general field in Windows 95.

   APPEND GENERAL fieldname DATA datastring CLASS MSGRAPH

WORKAROUND

Issue the APPEND GENERAL command a second time without the CLASS MSGRAPH, or double-click the general field to open MSGraph, which shows the correct graph.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Run the following program under Windows 95 to see that general field shows the correct graph:

   CLOSE ALL CLEAR ALL CREATE TABLE grphdata (desc C(10), one N(2),two N(2), three N(2))

      FOR i=1 TO 4   && create four records and load with data
         APPEND BLANK
         REPLACE desc WITH 'test'+ALLTRIM(STR(i)),one WITH i,two ;
            WITH i+1, three WITH i+3
      ENDFOR
      * create a text file
      COPY TO testdata FIELDS desc,one,two,three DELIMITED WITH TAB
      * create a table that has a memo field to hold text file
      CREATE TABLE grapmemo (textstr m)
      APPEND BLANK
      * place headings in the memo field
      REPLACE textstr WITH ;
         "desc"+chr(9)+"one"+chr(9)+"two"+chr(9)+"three"+chr(13)+chr(10)
      * place data from the text file in the memo file
      APPEND MEMO textstr FROM testdata.txt
      graphstr= textstr   && set a variable to the contents of the memo field
      CREATE TABLE graph ( olegraph  g)
      APPEND BLANK
      * add data for graph to general field
      APPEND GENERAL olegraph DATA graphstr CLASS MSGRAPH
      MODIFY GENERAL olegraph
   
   

2. Run the same code under Window for Workgroups. The general field shows the wrong graph. It may show a graph that was previously stored in the general field or the last graph that MSGraph created.

   APPEND GENERAL olegraph DATA graphstr
   USE
   USE graph
   APPEND GENERAL olegraph DATA graphstr