BUG: Adding Many Forms to a Formset Causes Errors (191642)


The information in this article applies to:

  • 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
This article was previously published under Q191642

SYMPTOMS

Adding a large number of forms to a formset causes an internal consistency error in Visual FoxPro 3.0x. In Visual FoxPro 5.0x and 6.0, the following error message occurs:
Too many windows open.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Error number 1116, whose text is shown in the SYMPTOMS section, is a non- standard error message. The dialog only has an OK button. The dialog does not have a Help button option.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a program (.prg) that contains the following code: 
          CLEAR
         x=CREAT("formset")
      FOR i = 1 TO 228
         xtest="test"+PADL(ALLT(STR(i)),4,"0")
         x.ADDOBJECT(xtest,'form')
      ENDFOR
  2. Run the code in Visual FoxPro 5.0x or 6.0 and you see the following error message occur:
    Too many windows open.
  3. Running the code in Visual FoxPro 3.0x creates the following error message and FoxPro shuts down:
    Internal Consistency error.
Visual FoxPro for the Macintosh 3.0b does not produce an error when running this code.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/10/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbnofix KB191642
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