FIX: CREATE FROM Command Incorrectly Assumes .dbf Extension (224988)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q224988

SYMPTOMS

The CREATE FROM command incorrectly assumes that the table used to create a new table needs a .dbf extension. For example, when using the following syntax:

CREATE [Table1] FROM [Table2]

Visual FoxPro mistakenly assumes that Table2 needs a .dbf extension added to it. If the file already has an extension, Visual FoxPro 6.0 appends the .dbf extension to the end of the table name; therefore, an error appears.

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 program that contains the following code:

USE HOME(2)+"\data\customer"
COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO test.STR
USE
CREATE customer2 FROM test.STR

Run the program.

The last line of code causes the error:
File Test.str.dbf does not exist.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/15/2002
Keywords:	kbBug kbDatabase kbVS600sp3fix kbXBase KB224988