FIX: ACTIVATE WINDOW Command Causes Application Error

 Last reviewed: September 22, 1997
Article ID: Q88738
2.00 MS-DOS kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

In a Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 for MS-DOS application, the Activate window command generates an error if the application was started at the MS- DOS prompt.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 for MS-DOS. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 for MS-DOS released September 26, 1991.

MORE INFORMATION

To reproduce this problem, do the following:

  1. Create a FoxPro application (for example, MYPROG.PRG) that contains the following code: 

          ACTIVATE WINDOW COMMAND IN WINDOW hidecomm

  2. To start FoxPro and run the application, type the following at the MS-DOS prompt: 

          FOXPRO MYPROG.PRG

Additional reference words: FoxDos buglist2.00 fixlist2.00 2.00
KBCategory: kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist
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Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: September 22, 1997
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