DOCERR: Errors in Visual FoxPro "Step By Step" Book on Page 26

ID: Q142510

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows Step by Step ISBN 1-55615-846-7

SUMMARY

The steps on pages 26 and 27 of "Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 for Windows Step by Step" published by Microsoft Press do not match the book. Furthermore, clicking the Save Order button as instructed on page 27 will cause the following error when you try to exit from Visual FoxPro:

   Table buffer for alias "orders" contains uncommitted changes.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Press is developing a corrected set of practice files for Lesson 3 and a small portion of Lesson 9, and will post new information in this article when the files become available.

Comments

Once the Save Order button is clicked, you can properly exit Visual FoxPro by following these steps:

1. Return to the Order Form if you are not already there. Follow the steps

   on pages 24 - 26 if necessary.

2. Press CTRL+F2 to open the Command window. Then type:

   =TABLEREVERT (.T.)

If Step 2 produces an error, cancel and then reopen the Order Form and repeat step 2. You should now be able to close Microsoft Visual FoxPro. If the following error appears, return to the Command window and type ROLLBACK:

   Data session #1 cannot be released with open transaction(s).

Additional error messages might be encountered. Ignore these messages and close Visual FoxPro. These error messages include:

   Variable ORDERNUM not found.
   Function requires row or table buffering mode.

Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate books. All comments and corrections listed above are ready for inclusion in future printings of this book. If you have a later printing of this book, it may already contain most or all of the above corrections.

Corrected Disk Label

The following correction label has been applied to the disk envelope on the inside back cover of this book:

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IMPORTANT! Do not perform the steps in Lesson 3. Corrected files for Lesson 3 are available at http://www.microsoft.com/support/ (on the World Wide Web) in the Free Software section.

The Lesson 3 practice files provided with this book contain errors that can cause Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3 not to close properly. Please read Lesson 3, but do not open the Proj_03 project.

Lesson 3 is a preview of what you will learn in Part 2, so these practice files are not essential for working through the other lessons.

Closing Visual FoxPro 3 after using Proj_03 files: Information about closing Visual FoxPro after using the Proj_3 files is located in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. To access this information, connect to the FoxPro section of the Microsoft Knowledge Base via

  * the Internet at http://www.microsoft.com/support/ in the
    Knowledge Base section.

  * The Microsoft Network.

Enter the query "foxpro and bookbug" without quotes. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue might cause.

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