FIX: .FRM files Not Converted with MODIFY REPORT Command

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When attempting to modify a FoxBASE+ report form (.FRM file), the Visual FoxPro Converter Dialog box does not appear and a blank report with an extension of .FRM.FRX is created.

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. Launch FoxBASE+.



2. Open a table and create a new report named "TESTDATA."



3. Save the report and exit FoxBASE+.



4. Launch Visual FoxPro 6.0 (version 6.00.8167), and set the default directory to the directory containing TESTDATA.FRM.



5. From the Command window, issue the following command:




MODIFY REPORT TESTDATA.FRM 

6. A blank report entitled TESTDATA.FRM.FRX appears.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbDatabase kbReportWriter kbVBp600bug kbVFp600 kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpFox kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug