FIX: CREATE FROM Command Incorrectly Assumes .dbf Extension

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The CREATE FROM command incorrectly assumes that the table used to create a new table needs a .dbf extension. For example, when using the following syntax:

CREATE [Table1] FROM [Table2]

Visual FoxPro mistakenly assumes that Table2 needs a .dbf extension added to it. If the file already has an extension, Visual FoxPro 6.0 appends the .dbf extension to the end of the table name; therefore, an error appears.

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 program that contains the following code:




USE HOME(2)+"\data\customer"
COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO test.STR
USE
CREATE customer2 FROM test.STR 

2. Run the program.
   
   The last line of code causes the error:

   File Test.str.dbf does not exist.

Additional query words: KBDSE

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