Microsoft Knowledge Base Email Alertz

After using the REPLICATE function on the Enter key, Visual FoxPro causes an Invalid Page Fault to occur. This occurs after clicking into any active window after the REPLICATE function has been performed.

Search KbAlertz

Advanced Search

Receive Microsoft Knowledge Base articles by E-Mail?

Every night we scan the Microsoft Knowledge Base. If technologies you're interested in are updated, we'll send you an e-mail. You only get one e-mail a day, and only when new articles are added.

Click here to create a
FREE account
Already have an account?
[Click here to Login]











Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

This article contents is Microsoft Copyrighted material.
©2005-©2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Trademarks

Article ID: 167147 - Last Review: October 16, 2002 - Revision: 1.0

FIX: Invalid Page Fault Occurs After Replicate of Enter Key

This article was previously published under Q167147

On This Page

SYMPTOMS

After using the REPLICATE function on the Enter key, Visual FoxPro causes an Invalid Page Fault to occur. This occurs after clicking into any active window after the REPLICATE function has been performed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 5.0a for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Copy the following lines of code into a .prg file and run it:
          PUBLIC x
          x = CREATEOBJECT( 'form1' )
          x.Show
    
          **************************************************
          *-- Form:         form1 (h:\vfp5\misc\cyrus_edt2.scx)
          *-- ParentClass:  form
          *-- BaseClass:    form
          *
          DEFINE CLASS form1 AS Form
            Top = 0
            Left = 0
            DoCreate = .T.
            Caption = "Form1"
            Name = "Form1"
    
            ADD OBJECT edit1 AS EditBox WITH ;
                  Height = 217, ;
                  Left = 12, ;
                  Top = 12, ;
                  Width = 121, ;
                  Name = "Edit1"
    
    
            PROCEDURE Click
                  KEYBOARD REPLICATE( "a{enter}", 60 ) PLAIN
                  KEYBOARD REPLICATE( "a{enter}", 60 ) PLAIN
                  KEYBOARD REPLICATE( "a{enter}", 60 ) PLAIN
                  KEYBOARD REPLICATE( "a{enter}", 60 ) PLAIN
            ENDPROC
    
          ENDDEFINE
          *
          *-- EndDefine: form1
          **************************************************
  2. Click anywhere on the form outside of the Edit box region. NOTE: this populates the edit region with multiple lines of the letter "a."
  3. Click into any active window outside of the form, such as the Command window. NOTE: The error is generated.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Keywords: 
kbbug kbfix kbvfp500afix KB167147
Retired KB ArticleRetired KB Content Disclaimer
This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
       

Community Feedback System

Very often, it takes hours to solve a problem. Very often, you've looked high and low, and have tried a lot of solutions. When you finally found it, chances are, it was because someone else helped you. Here's your chance to give back. Use our community feedback tool to let others know what worked for you and what didn't.

Please also understand that the community feedback system is not warranted to be correct, it's simply a system that we've built to let people try and help each other. If something in a feedback response doesn't make sense to you, or you're not comfortable making changes that the feedback talks about (like registry edits), please consult a professional.

Thank you for using kbAlertz.com Feedback System.

-- Scott Cate