FIX: Compile Fails in WITH/ENDWITH and IF Using Dot Operator (189773)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0b
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a
This article was previously published under Q189773

SYMPTOMS

When you write a program or procedure containing an IF expression that evaluates a property or method reference using the "." (dot) operator within a WITH/ENDWITH construct and you attempt to run or compile the code, you might get one of the following errors:
Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword.
Data type mismatch.

RESOLUTION

Include a full object reference in the IF line, rather than the "." operator reference that is normally used with the WITH/ENDWITH.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Copy the following code into a program (.PRG) file: 
          PUBL ox
      ox = CREATEOBJECT('form1')
      ox.Show()

      DEFI class form1 as form
      cProperty = "XXX"
         PROC init
            WITH This
               IF NOT 'XXX' $ .cProperty
               ENDIF
            ENDWITH
      ENDDEFINE
  2. Compile or attempt to run the code.
RESULT: In Visual FoxPro 5.0x, the following error appears:
Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword.
In Visual FoxPRo 3.0x, the following error appears:
Data type mismatch.
To make the code compile and run without error in each version, change: 
   IF NOT 'XXX' $ .cProperty

-to- 

   IF NOT 'XXX' $ this.cProperty,
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/12/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB189773
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