FIX: Polish Collate Sequence Not Available in Options Data Tab (221719)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q221719

SYMPTOMS

You are using Polish Windows 95 or Windows 98. You install US Visual FoxPro 6, and add a CODEPAGE = 1250 to the Config.fpw configuration file. When you open the Options dialog, select the Data tab, and open the Collating sequence drop-down box, you will not see Polish appear as one of the choices.

Also, if you issue the following command: 
SET COLLATE TO "POLISH"
you will see the error:
Collating sequence 'POLISH' is not found.

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. Install a Polish language version of Windows 95.
  2. Install Visual FoxPro 6.0.
  3. Place the following in a file called Config.fpw in the Visual FoxPro home directory:
    CodePage=1250
  4. Exit and restart Visual FoxPro.
  5. Select Tools and then Options from the main menu.
  6. Click the Data tab.
  7. Open the Collating sequence drop-down.
  8. The items Czech, Hungarian, Machine, and Slovak will be visible. Polish and General are missing.
  9. Using other system codepage and Visual FoxPro codepage combinations, you may see other missing collating sequences. These are:
    Visual FoxPro CodepagePossible Missing Sequences
    437GENERAL, UNIQWT, ICELAND, NORDAN, SWEFIN
    850GENERAL, UNIQWT, ICELAND, NORDAN, SPANISH
    852GENERAL, POLISH
    857GENERAL
    861GENERAL
    865NORDAN
    1250POLISH, GENERAL
    1254GENERAL
    10000SWEFIN, GENERAL, NORDAN
    10029POLISH
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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbDatabase kbDSupport kbVS600sp3fix kbXBase KB221719
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