BUG: Adding Many Forms to a Formset Causes Errors

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

SYMPTOMS

Adding a large number of forms to a formset causes an internal consistency error in Visual FoxPro 3.0x. In Visual FoxPro 5.0x and 6.0, the following error message occurs:

Too many windows open.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Error number 1116, whose text is shown in the SYMPTOMS section, is a non- standard error message. The dialog only has an OK button. The dialog does not have a Help button option.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a program (.prg) that contains the following code:

   
         CLEAR
            x=CREAT("formset")
         FOR i = 1 TO 228
            xtest="test"+PADL(ALLT(STR(i)),4,"0")
            x.ADDOBJECT(xtest,'form')
         ENDFOR 




2. Run the code in Visual FoxPro 5.0x or 6.0 and you see the following error message occur:

   Too many windows open.




3. Running the code in Visual FoxPro 3.0x creates the following error message and FoxPro shuts down:

   Internal Consistency error.

Additional query words: kbVFp500abug kbVFp300bbug kbVFp600bug kbContainer

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug