PRB: Script Error: Expected "End" but Found Unknown Token

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

When a RUNSCRIPT command is issued in FoxPro, the following error message is returned:

   Script error: Expected "End" but found unknown token

CAUSE

The script was created in the FoxPro file editor that places carriage returns and line feed characters at the end of each line.

WORKAROUND

Use SimpleText editor or Script Editor to create script. Or, in FoxPro, do one of the following to eliminate the line feed characters at the end of each line:

1. From the Tools menu, select Options, and then select the edit tab. Clear the Save with Line Feeds checkbox.

2. Use the FoxTools.CFM FxStripLF function. For more information about using this function, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

         ARTICLE-ID: Q109481
         TITLE     : How to Strip Linefeeds from Exported (.TXT) Files
   
   

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open a file by typing the following in the Command window:

   MODIFY FILE Run_My_Sript

2. Enter the following in the File window:

   ON RUN(fldname)

          DISPLAY DIALOG fldname  -- company name sent from FoxPro displays
          RETURN fldname   -- send company name back to FoxPro
      END RUN
   
   

3. Save the above as "run_my_script" in the vfp\samples\data subdirectory.

4. Create the following FoxPro program in the vfp\samples\data subdirectory:

   SET DEFAULT TO SYS(2004) + ":samples:data" USE "customer.dbf" RUNSCRIPT "run_my_script" ;

                 to X with customer.company
      ? X     && company name is returned  to X from Script
   
   

5. Save and run the above program.

REFERENCES

"Visual FoxPro Installation Guide and Master Index," p.76.