PRB: APPEND PROCEDURES Causes "Feature Not Available" in Runtime (174916)

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0b

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh 3.0b

This article was previously published under Q174916

SYMPTOMS

"Feature is not available" error occurs when issuing an APPEND PROCEDURES command in a FoxPro executable.

CAUSE

The COMPILE feature is not available in a distributed application. The APPEND PROCEDURES command performs an implicit COMPILE of the database when stored procedures are added.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

This error message occurs because Visual FoxPro attempts to recompile the database code when the APPEND PROCEDURES command is issued. Visual FoxPro cannot perform this action in the runtime environment.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a database using the following command:
```
      CREATE DATA mytestdata
```
Create a procedure file with the command MODIFY COMMAND myprocs and add the following lines of code:
```
      PROCEDURE myproc
      ENDPROC
```

Create a project with the following MAIN program code:

      OPEN DATA mytestdata
      APPEND PROCEDURES FROM myprocs.prg

Build an executable, quit Visual FoxPro, and run the executable.

The "Feature is not available" error will occur on the APPEND PROCEDURES command.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

139386 Features not Available in a Distributed Application

Modification Type:

Major

Last Reviewed:

5/12/2003

Keywords:

kberrmsg kbprb KB174916 kbAudDeveloper