FIX: Duplicate Entry with Copy and Paste

PSS ID Number: Q136285

Article Last Modified on 03-24-2000

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.6a

Symptoms

The field name appears twice in a new field.

Cause

This can occur when, under Windows 95, you create a table in FoxPro version 2.6a, and to save time when creating similar field names, you select the name of a field, press CTRL+C to copy it to the clipboard, move the pointer to the desired new entry location, and press CTRL+V to paste it.

Workaround

Delete the extra copy of the field name.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual FoxPro version 3.0 for Windows.

More Information

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Start FoxPro version 2.6a under Windows 95.



2. Type the following in the Command window:

      CREATE <table name> 




3. Enter a field name.



4. Select the field name and press CTRL+C.



5. Move to a new field name area, and press CTRL+V.

Additional query words: FoxWin VFoxWin fixlist3.00 buglist2.60a

Keywords:
Issue Type: kbbug
Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro260a