PRB: APPEND PROCEDURES Causes "Feature Not Available" in Runtime

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

SYMPTOMS

"Feature is not available" error occurs when issuing an APPEND PROCEDURES command in a FoxPro executable.

CAUSE

The COMPILE feature is not available in a distributed application. The APPEND PROCEDURES command performs an implicit COMPILE of the database when stored procedures are added.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

This error message occurs because Visual FoxPro attempts to recompile the database code when the APPEND PROCEDURES command is issued. Visual FoxPro cannot perform this action in the runtime environment.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a database using the following command:

   
         CREATE DATA mytestdata 




2. Create a procedure file with the command MODIFY COMMAND myprocs and add the following lines of code:

   
         PROCEDURE myproc
         ENDPROC 




3. Create a project with the following MAIN program code:

   
         OPEN DATA mytestdata
         APPEND PROCEDURES FROM myprocs.prg 




4. Build an executable, quit Visual FoxPro, and run the executable.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q139386 Features not Available in a Distributed Application

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbMAC kbVFp kbVFp300 kbVFp300b kbVFp500 kbVFp500a kbVFp600 FxprgGeneral
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0b; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb