BUG: Blank Window After Canceling Updatable Query in CatMan

ID: Q120510

2.60 2.60a | 2.60 2.60a | 2.60a

WINDOWS    | MS-DOS     | MACINTOSH

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.6, 2.6a
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.6, 2.6a
Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

One of the following error messages is displayed when you attempt to add a table to the Updatable Query Wizard from Catalog Manager:

FoxPro for Windows and FoxPro for Macintosh:
```
    - Not a table/DBF
```
-or-
FoxPro for MS-DOS:
```
    - Not a database file.
```

After you choose Cancel to quit the wizard, a blank window protrudes from the top-left corner of Catalog Manager in FoxPro for Windows and FoxPro for Macintosh. In FoxPro for MS-DOS, the blank window is completely covered by Catalog Manager.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 1. In the Command window, type the following:

       CREATE TABLE test (charfld C(10))
       USE
       MODIFY FILE test.dbf

 2. In the TEST.DBF editing window, type some characters to corrupt
    the table, then close the window, saving the changes.

 3. From the File menu, choose Catalog Manager.

 4. If prompted to select a catalog, choose New.

    If a catalog automatically opens (or is already open), choose New
    Catalog from the File menu.

 7. Save the catalog as TEST.FPC.

 8. Select the Table tab, and then choose Add.

 9. Select TEST.DBF, and then choose Add.

10. Select the Query tab, and then choose New.

11. Choose the Query Wizard button.

12. In the Select A Wizard list box, select Updatable Query Wizard,

    and then choose Next.

13. In the Available Tables list box, select TEST, and then choose Add.

14. A "Not a table/DBF." or "Not a database file" error message is

    displayed. Choose OK.

15. In the Updatable Query Wizard screen, choose Cancel.

Note that a blank window now protrudes from the top-left corner of Catalog Manager in FoxPro for Windows and FoxPro for Macintosh (the blank window is completely covered by Catalog Manager in FoxPro for MS-DOS). Opening the Window menu shows that the name of this window is "wzhidemsg."

Additional reference words: FoxMac FoxDos FoxWin buglist2.60 buglist2.60a 2.60 2.60a mac errmsg err msg updateable empty hide catman KBCategory: KBSubcategory: FxtoolCatman

Keywords          : kberrmsg FxtoolCatman 
Version           : 2.60 2.60a | 2.60 2.60a | 2.60a
Platform          : MACINTOSH MS-DOS WINDOWS