FIX: Polish Collate Sequence Not Available in Options Data Tab

ID: Q221719

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

You are using Polish Windows 95 or Windows 98. You install US Visual FoxPro 6, and add a CODEPAGE = 1250 to the Config.fpw configuration file. When you open the Options dialog, select the Data tab, and open the Collating sequence drop-down box, you will not see Polish appear as one of the choices.

Also, if you issue the following command: 


SET COLLATE TO "POLISH"
you will see the error:
Collating sequence 'POLISH' is not found.


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. Install a Polish language version of Windows 95.


  2. Install Visual FoxPro 6.0.


  3. Place the following in a file called Config.fpw in the Visual FoxPro home directory:


    4. 
CodePage=1250
  4. Exit and restart Visual FoxPro.


  5. Select Tools and then Options from the main menu.


  6. Click the Data tab.


  7. Open the Collating sequence drop-down.


  8. The items Czech, Hungarian, Machine, and Slovak will be visible. Polish and General are missing.


  9. Using other system codepage and Visual FoxPro codepage combinations, you may see other missing collating sequences. These are:


    10. Visual FoxPro Codepage Possible Missing Sequences
    437 GENERAL, UNIQWT, ICELAND, NORDAN, SWEFIN
    850 GENERAL, UNIQWT, ICELAND, NORDAN, SPANISH
    852 GENERAL, POLISH
    857 GENERAL
    861 GENERAL
    865 NORDAN
    1250 POLISH, GENERAL
    1254 GENERAL
    10000 SWEFIN, GENERAL, NORDAN
    10029 POLISH
(c) Microsoft Corporation 1999, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Jim Saunders, Microsoft Corporation.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbDatabase kbVFp600 kbVFp600bug kbXBase KbDBFDBC kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpFox kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: July 2, 1999
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