FIX: Form Wizard Error with Maximum Design Area Set to (None)

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

Running the Form Wizard after setting the Maximum Design Area of a form to None on the Forms tab of the Options dialog box causes the following error to appear:

Error #1881 in setfooter(0): Error with OSTYLEREF Height:
Expression evaluated to an illegal value.

STATUS

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

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Choose Options on the Tools menu, then click on the Forms tab.



2. Set the Maximum Design Area option to (None).



3. Click the Set As Default button.



4. Run through the Form Wizard using only the default options.



5. After you click Finish and try to save the form, the error appears.

Additional query words: KBDSE

Keywords : kbservicepack kbwizard kbVFp600 kbVFp600bug kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpFox
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug