FIX: FFCs - Problem with Element Tag With _XMLTag in _html.vcx (221711)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q221711

SYMPTOMS

You create an instance of the _XMLTag Foundation class in _HTML.vcx. You set the Tagname and Value properties for the object, then check the value of the XMLText property. The element tag stored in the XMLText property is not properly optimized if the tag contents is empty.

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:

oXml=NEWOBJECT("_xmltag",HOME()+"ffc\_html")
oXml.Tagname="foot"
oXml.Value="test"
?oXml.XMLText

The value printed to the desktop will be:
```
<foot value="test"></foot>
					
```
The proper value should be:
```
<foot value="test"/>
					
```

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Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/15/2002
Keywords:	kbBug kbFFC kbVS600sp3fix KB221711