FIX: Filer Cannot Find File in Read-Only or Hidden Folder

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

SYMPTOMS

Filer cannot search for and find a file if the file is in a directory where the directory has read only or the hidden attribute.

RESOLUTION

Make sure that the read only or hidden attribute is removed from the directory.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual FoxPro, 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Filer is an ActiveX control component that provides a file and text search engine. After the Filer.dll file is downloaded and is used to search for a file, sometimes the search fails.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Download the Filer.zip file from the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/techmat/whitepapers/filer.htm




2. Unzip the Filer.zip file and extract the files. You should see the following files:

   Msvcrt.dll
   Filer.scx
   Filer.sct
   Filer.DLL
   Filer.ico
   Readme.txt
   Filer.htm




3. Register the Filer.dll file using the following syntax:

   
         REGSVR32 C:\VFP\Filer.dll 




4. Open Explorer and right-click the Visual FoxPro directory. In the Visual FoxPro properties dialog box, select the Properties tab and change the directory attribute to READ-ONLY.



5. Run the Filer.scx form.



6. In the File Finder dialog box, type the following information in the following fields:

   
         Named: VFP.EXE
         Look In: c:\  




7. Click the Find Now button.

REFERENCES

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

Q163804 SAMPLE: Filer.exe Contains Filer.dll for Visual FoxPro 5.0

Additional query words: kbVFp600fix kbVFp500abug kbMiscTools kbXBase

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