FIX: Using Genhtml.prg in Distributed Application is Difficult (221628)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q221628

SYMPTOMS

The Genhtml engine included with Visual FoxPro 6.0 has many dependencies, including several programs and a number of foundation class libraries. When building a project that uses Genhtml.prg, the project manager will often fail to automatically include all the necessary dependencies in the project.

RESOLUTION

The following files should be manually added to the project:

_base.vcx
_html.vcx
_movers.vcx
Runcode.prg
Setobjrf.prg

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a new project.
Add a new program to the project.

Add the following code to the program added in step 2.

CREATE TABLE test (f1 CHAR(10))
FOR i = 1 TO 10
	INSERT INTO test VALUES(TIME())
ENDFOR
DO Genhtml.prg WITH ALIAS(), ALIAS(), 2

Build the project into an EXE.
Run the EXE. Note that the EXE will fail because it cannot find all of its dependencies.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/15/2002
Keywords:	kbBug kbMiscTools kbProjManager kbVS600sp3fix KB221628