BUG: Error Occurs When Stepping through BROWSE FOR UDF() Code

ID: Q129922

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

A BROWSE command contains a FOR condition that calls a User Defined Function. Running the code through the Debugger and closing the BROWSE window while the code is executing, yields an Exception Error in Windows and Windows for Workgroups, an Unrecoverable Application Error (UAE) in Windows NT, or an Illegal Operation Error Windows 95.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Start Visual FoxPro for Windows.

2. Create a program that contains the following code:

      USE SYS(2004)+"SAMPLES\DATA\CUSTOMER" && Sample table
      BROWSE FOR GetForCond()

      PROCEDURE GetForCond
      RETURN UPPER(ALLTRIM(country))="BRAZIL"

3. Close and save the program.

4. Activate the Debugger window.

5. Select the program from the Debugger's Trace Debug menu pad, and open

   the program with the DO <program> menu bar command.

6. Select the "Step Into" icon, or press the F8 key to step through the

   codeClick the STEP option.

7. When the BROWSE window displays, close the window. Note that it might

   take a few minutes to close the BROWSE window.

8. Click the "Step Into" icon or press the F8 keySTEP button. The error

   occurs.

Additional query words: kbvfp500 kbvfp600

Keywords          : kbVFp300bbug kbVFp500abug kbVFp500bug buglist3.00 FxprgBrowse kbbuglist
Version           : WINDOWS: 3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug