BUG: BROWSE FORMAT May Cause Blank Browse Window

ID: Q162683

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

If a BROWSE FORMAT command uses a format file that contains a syntax error, the resulting Browse window is blank. Visual FoxPro produces no error message. Earlier versions of FoxPro produce the following error message:

   No fields to process

And no Browse window appears.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Step to Reproduce Behavior

1. Use the Customer.dbf file located in the Visual FoxPro \Samples\Data

   folder.

2. Create a format file by typing "MODIFY COMMAND Test.fmt" (without the

   quotation marks) in the Command window. Add the following line of code
   to the file:

      @ SAY 24,24,  company+contact

   This line of code is incorrect intentionally.

3. Type the following lines in the Command window, pressing the Enter key

   after each line:

      SET FORMAT TO Test.fmt
      BROWSE FORMAT

4. A blank Browse window appears.

Additional query words: kbvfp300b kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600

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