FIX: Report Wizard Preview Error If View Given as Child Table

ID: Q134437

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

If you specify a view as the child table in the One-to-Many Report Wizard, and then click the Preview button on the final step of the wizard, this error occurs:

   Error 1683 in process (0); Index tag is not found

CAUSE

By design, a view cannot be used as the child table in a one-to-many relationship. This is because the child table must have an index tag on the parent table key field in order to create the relationship. Because a view cannot be indexed, the relationship cannot be created.

The One-to-Many Report Wizard does not check to see if the child table is a view or an actual table. When the preview button is clicked, the error occurs.

WORKAROUND

Be sure to specify an actual table for the child table prior to invoking the wizard.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the Tastrade.dbc database in the VFP\Samples\Mainsamp\Data

   directory.

2. On the File menu, click New Report, and then click the Wizard button.

3. Choose the One-to-Many Report Wizard.

4. Specify Products as the parent table, and include all fields.

5. Specify Order History Line Items as the child table, and include all

   fields.

6. Click Finish.

7. Click the Preview button. The error should occur.

KBCategory: kbtool kbbuglist kbfixlist KBSubcategory: FxtoolWizother VFoxWin buglist3.00 buglist3.00b fixlist5.00 Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00b

Keywords          : kbVFp kbVFp300bbug kbVFp500fix buglist3.00 FxtoolWizother kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version           : 3.00 3.00b
Platform          : WINDOWS
Solution Type     : kbfix