FIX: Visual FoxPro Apps Branded w/ "Engineering Prototype"

ID: Q138874

3.00 WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:
  • Pro Edition of Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Visual FoxPro executable program (.exe file) and click About Visual FoxPro on the Help menu, the box displays "Engineering Prototype" under the organization name. It should display "Runtime Support Library." This does not occur in the Visual FoxPro development environment.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a new project, and add a program that contains this code:

   @ 1,1 GET mvar1 DEFA 1
   READ CYCLE

2. Save the Project, and build an executable file.

3. Once the .exe file is built, quit Visual FoxPro.

4. Run the .exe file.

5. On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Visual FoxPro. The About box

   displays:

   <Your Organzation>
   (Engineering Prototype)

   Product ID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Additional reference words: 3.00 fixlist3.00b buglist3.00 VFoxWin KBCategory: kbfixlist kbbuglist KBSubcategory: FxenvGeneral
Keywords          : kbenv FxenvGeneral kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version           : 3.00
Platform          : WINDOWS
Solution Type     : kbfix


Last Reviewed: May 14, 1998
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