FIX: Empty Memo Shows Trash Data With Trace Window Mouse Over

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When a memo field is empty and the mouse is moved over a reference to the memo field in the Trace window of the Debugger, "garbage" characters are displayed in the ToolTip message.

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. Create a new program file and enter or paste in the following code:




LOCAL iCounter
CREATE TABLE TEST (iInt i, mMemo M)
FOR icounter=1 TO 5
    INSERT INTO TEST (iInt) values (m.iCounter)
NEXT
GOTO TOP
SET STEP ON
m.mMemo=TEST.mMemo 

2. Save and run the program.



3. In the Trace window of the Debugger, put the mouse over the last line of the program: (m.mMemo=test.mMemo).



4. Observe the text displayed in the ToolTip.

Additional query words:

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