PRB: Double-click in File Manager Starts Wrong FoxPro Version
Article ID: 130466
Article Last Modified on 2/11/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q130466
SYMPTOMS
When an .APP file is started from a program icon or by double-clicking in
File Manager, Visual FoxPro is invoked instead of FoxPro for Windows and
Visual FoxPro fails.
When a FoxPro version 2.x .APP file is invoked from Visual FoxPro, Visual
FoxPro fails and displays this error message:
Object file "<Drive:\Pathname\file.app" was compiled in a
previous version of FoxPro.
When you click OK, you remain in the Visual FoxPro interactive development
environment.
CAUSE
When Visual FoxPro is installed, the .APP file extension is automatically
associated with Visual FoxPro, not FoxPro for Windows.
WORKAROUND
Use any one of the following three possible solutions. The first applies to
Windows NT, and the second and third apply to any Windows platform.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
Additional query words: kbfest VFoxWin
Keywords: kbenv KB130466