PRB: Error "Library File Foxtools.fll is Invalid"

ID: Q135114

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When attempting to rebuild a converted FoxPro version 2.X project, you receive this error message:

   Library file Foxtools.fll is invalid.

CAUSE

The project is looking at the Foxtools.fll file that shipped with FoxPro version 2.X. It should be looking at the Foxtools.fll file that shipped with Visual FoxPro version 3.0.

RESOLUTION

1. Remove Foxtools.fll from the Visual FoxPro project, and add the 32-bit

   Foxtools.fll found in your VFP subdirectory.

   coded with a specific path statement (for example, using SET LIBRARY TO
   C:\Fpw26\Foxtools.fll instead of SYS(2004)+"Foxtools.fll"), look under
   the Load Event Method of the Form.

   With the editing window open for the Load Event, open the Object window
   in the title bar. You will see a systematically assigned id that looks
   something like _R2R0H0G9K. Open it up. You will discover your former
   Setup Code. Here you can manually edit the path to Foxtools.fll.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.