FIX: Error Calling FPOLE With Single Quote (') in Caption

ID: Q221662

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The FPOLE.DLL reports an error if the _Screen.Caption property contains a single quote or apostrophe (') character.

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

Type or paste the following lines into the Command window:


CD Home(2)+"data"
_Screen.Caption = "Customer's test " + version()
DECLARE integer FoxDoCmd in "FPOLE.DLL" string,string
=FoxDoCmd("SELECT * FROM customer","at")

After you type the last line of code, the following error appears twice and then the Browse window appears:

Error: could not invoke method
_Screen.Caption = 'Customer's Test '

Additional query words:

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