FIX: FFCs - registry.vcx foxreg.EnumOptions Contains Recursion (221663)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q221663

SYMPTOMS

In foxreg class of registry.vcx class library, the EnumOptions method contains recursive code.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, cut out the code in the EnumOptions and paste it to EnumFoxOptions or upgrade to Visual Studio SP3 for Visual FoxPro.

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

  1. Open the foxreg class of registry.vcx in class designer.
  2. Open the EnumOptions method.
  3. The following code appears:
    LPARAMETER aFoxOpts
    RETURN THIS.EnumOptions(@aFoxOpts,THIS.cVFPOptPath,THIS.nUserKey,.F.)
    					
    Note that the code contains a recursive call to itself.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbFFC kbVS600sp3fix KB221663