FIX: C0000005 Fatal Error with CLEAR DEBUGGER and SUSPEND (221687)

SYMPTOMS

When you run a form from a program that contains CLEAR DEBUGGER and SUSPEND commands, the program suspends on the SUSPEND line. When you resume and run the same program again, Visual FoxPro terminates after displaying the following error:

Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005
Called from - <procedure name and line number> {<path and filename>}

The procedure name and line number will contain the method or procedure containing the SUSPEND command, and the line number of the line following the SUSPEND command. The path and filename will contain the path and filename of the file containing the method or procedure.

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

Run the following code from a program (.PRG) file:

CLEAR DEBUGGER
PUBLIC oform1
oform1=CREATEOBJECT("form")
oform1.SHOW
SUSPEND
x = 1
_SCREEN.SHOW()

Press the F5 key in the Debugger window to resume.
Run the program again and note that the fatal error occurs.