PRB: FoxPro for Mac Doesn't Unload Library Before Reloading It

ID: Q110529

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

Unlike in FoxPro for MS-DOS or FoxPro for Windows, a library (.MLB) can be loaded multiple times in FoxPro for Macintosh. For example, if you issue the following commands in the Command window

   SET LIBRARY TO foxtools
   SET LIBRARY TO foxtools ADDITIVE
   ? SET("LIBRARY")

The DISPLAY STATUS command will now show two instances of FoxTools loaded and will not unload the first instance before loading the second.

In FoxPro for MS-DOS or FoxPro for Windows, the first instance of the library would be unloaded and the second instance would be loaded.

RESOLUTION

Before reloading the library, use the RELEASE LIBRARY command to unload the library first. For example, issue the following command before reloading the FoxTools library:

   RELEASE LIBRARY foxtools