PRB: FoxPro for Macintosh Changes Database's Icon After PACK (115732)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh 3.0b
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh 2.5b
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh 2.5c
This article was previously published under Q115732

SYMPTOMS

Users can change the icon associated with a FoxPro database from the standard FoxPro icon to one of their preference by choosing Get Info from the File menu; this opens a dialog box where the icon can be selected and then copied or pasted. However, if a record in the database is marked for deletion and a PACK command is issued, the icon changes from the users' icon to the FoxPro default icon.

RESOLUTION

Instead of issuing a PACK command, use the code below as a workaround.

In the following example, CUSTOMER is the database that contains the record that has been marked for deletion and TEMP is a temporary database: 
   USE customer
   COPY TO temp.dbf FOR NOT DELETED()
   USE temp
   SET SAFETY OFF
   COPY TO customer.dbf
   SET SAFETY ON
   USE
   DELETE FILE temp.dbf
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/17/2003
Keywords:kbcode KB115732
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