DOCERR: DocumentFile Property Returns " " For Embedded Objects

Last reviewed: November 16, 1995
Article ID: Q139513
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

Following is the description that the Visual FoxPro documentation gives for the DocumentFile Property:

   Returns the name of the file from which an embedded or linked object was
   created.

This is incorrect. Only the linked objects return the name of an object; embedded objects return " ".

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Demonstrate Behavior

  1. Type the following line of code in the Command window:

    MODIFY FORM test

  2. Place an OLE Container control on the form.

  3. On the Insert Object dialog box, click Create From File, and select C:\Windows\Bubbles.bmp to create an embedded file. (You can use any .doc file as well.)

  4. Place a second OLE Container control on the form, and insert a file as you did in step 3. This time, create a linked Object using the same graphic file (for example, C:\Windows\Bubbles.bmp) by selecting the Link check box in the Insert Object dialog box. (You can use any .doc file as well.)

  5. Type the following lines of code in the Debug window:

    test.olecontrol1.documentfile test.olecontrol2.documentfile

For the expression, "test.olecontrol1.documentfile" (the embedded file), you receive "". For the expression, "test.olecontrol2.documentfile" (the linked file), you receive C:\Windows\Bubbles.bmp.


Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin
KBCategory: kbprg kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral


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Last reviewed: November 16, 1995
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