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FIX: Visual FoxPro Apps Branded w/ "Engineering Prototype"

Article ID: 138874

Article Last Modified on 5/2/2001

APPLIES TO

This article was previously published under Q138874

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Visual FoxPro executable program (.exe file) and click About Visual FoxPro on the Help menu, the box displays "Engineering Prototype" under the organization name. It should display "Runtime Support Library." This does not occur in the Visual FoxPro development environment.

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 Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem



  1. Create a new project, and add a program that contains this code: 
       @ 1,1 GET mvar1 DEFA 1
   READ CYCLE
  2. Save the Project, and build an executable file.
  3. Once the .exe file is built, quit Visual FoxPro.
  4. Run the .exe file.
  5. On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Visual FoxPro. The About box displays:

    <Your Organzation> (Engineering Prototype) Product ID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


Additional query words: fixlist3.00b buglist3.00 VFoxWin

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbenv KB138874


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