PRB: "Mismatched Case Structure" with Multiplatform .SCX File

ID: Q112450

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

If a screen is transported from one platform to any other platform, and a hard-coded procedure in a code snippet is written into the generated .SPR file before the Cleanup/Procedures code, a "Mismatched Case Structure" error message appears.

CAUSE

In a multiplatform environment, the .SPR file is generated with a CASE statement, with _WINDOWS and _MAC being one case, and _DOS and _UNIX being the other. The error message "Mismatched Case Structure" occurs when FoxPro encounters a hard-coded PROCEDURE command in the screen's Setup code that is within the first CASE statement. FoxPro assumes it has moved beyond the end of any iterative logic because it encountered the PROCEDURE command before the termination of the CASE statement by an ENDCASE statement.

STATUS

This behavior is by design. All procedures and functions should be included in the Cleanup/Procedures code snippet of a screen and should not be included in any other snippet.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In FoxPro for Windows, create a screen with the following code in the

   Setup code snippet:

     PROCEDURE test
     RETURN .t.

3. Open the .SCX file in FoxPro for Macintosh to force the Macintosh

   records to be written into the .SCX file.

5. Run the .SPR file. The error should occur.