FIX: Fatal Error When You Select Properties from the Table Menu (316807)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q316807

SYMPTOMS

If you click Properties on the Table menu in Visual FoxPro while a Browse window is open, and the table does not belong to the current data session, the following errors may occur:

Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

followed by:

The instruction at "0x77e6e5dc" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written".

Note that these errors do not occur if another table receives focus before you click Properties.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0. This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Paste the following code in a program file and then run the file:

CREATE TABLE mytable (fld1 C(10))
INSERT INTO mytable (fld1) VALUES ("Record one")
USE

PUBLIC oForm

oForm = NEWOBJECT("myform")

DEFINE CLASS myform AS FORM
	DATASESSION=2

PROCEDURE INIT
	USE mytable  
	BROWSE NOWAIT 

ENDDEFINE

When the Browse window appears, click Properties on the Table menu.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	2/18/2002
Keywords:	kbbug kbCodeSnippet kbDSupport KB316807