PRB: Cannot Find Transport Program

 Last reviewed: April 29, 1996
Article ID: Q93620
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5x, 2.6x
  • Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.5x, 2.6x

SYMPTOMS

An attempt to open a label, screen, or report fails and FoxPro displays one of the following messages on the screen:

In FoxPro 2.x for Windows: 

   Cannot find the transport program

   -or-

   File \TRANSPRT.PRG not found
In Visual FoxPro for Windows: 

   File 'convert.app' does not exist.

CAUSE

A file created on one FoxPro platform or prior version has been transported to another or Visual FoxPro for Windows, and FoxPro cannot locate the conversion utility.

RESOLUTION

To solve the problem, do the following:

  1. Make sure that the conversion utility is installed on your machine.

  2. If the conversion utility is installed in a directory other then the main FoxPro directory or has a name other than TRANSPRT.PRG (FoxPro 2.x) or CONVERT.APP (Visual FoxPro for Windows), specify the path to the conversion utility in the _TRANSPORT (FoxPro 2.x) or _CONVERTER (Visual FoxPro for Windows) system variable in the FoxPro configuration file (CONFIG.FP for FoxPro for MS-DOS or CONFIG.FPW for FoxPro for Windows). For example, one of the following: 

          _TRANSPORT="C:\FOXPROW\TEST\TRANSPRT.FXP"  && FoxPro 2.x

    -or- 

          _CONVERTER="C:\VFP\CONVERT.APP"            && Visual FoxPro

MORE INFORMATION

By default, the transport utility is named TRANSPRT.PRG in FoxPro 2.x, and CONVERT.APP in Visual FoxPro for Windows. FoxPro runs the conversion utility for a label, screen, or report under the following circumstances:

  • When a file developed in FoxPro 2.0 for MS-DOS is run with FoxPro 2.5x for Windows
  • When a file developed in FoxPro 2.0 for MS-DOS is run with FoxPro 2.5x, or 2.6x for MS-DOS
  • When a file developed in FoxPro 2.5x or 2.6x for MS-DOS is run with FoxPro 2.x for Windows
  • When a file developed in FoxPro 2.x for Windows is run with FoxPro 2.5x or 2.6x for MS-DOS
  • When a file developed in FoxPro 2.x (any platform) is opened in Visual FoxPro.

Additional reference words: XPlatForm VFoxWin FoxDos FoxWin 2.50 2.50a
2.50b 3.00 errmsg err msg converter
KBCategory: kbtool kberrmsg kbprb
KBSubcategory: FxtoolConverter

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Last reviewed: April 29, 1996
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