PRB: VFP 6.0 Application Framework Class Does Not Compile Under VFP 7.0 (309122)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0

This article was previously published under Q309122

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to compile the _FRAMEWK.VCX from the Visual FoxPro (VFP) 6.0 application framework in VFP 7.0, you may receive the following error:

Error in line 3729 of _application.validatemetatable (record 103): Syntax error.

This also occurs when rebuilding a project that uses the VFP 6.0 application framework.

CAUSE

The following line is contained in the ValidateMetaTable method:

LOCAL lcTable, lcMessage, lcAlias, liSelect, ;
      llReturn, liTagCount laRequired[1], laKeys[1];
      liFound, llExactOff

Although the syntax is valid for VFP 6.0, VFP 7.0 does not allow you to omit the commas between the variables.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:

Determine the location of the copy of _FRAMEWK.VCX that you are using.

Run the following line, replacing the path as necessary:

MODIFY CLASS _application ;
   OF ("c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VFP98\Wizards\_FRAMEWK") ;
   METHOD ValidateMetaTable

Add the missing commas to line 8.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

In VFP 7.0, the LOCAL command is enhanced to allow you to declare variables as being particular types, for use with IntelliSense. Because this syntax requires spaces within a single variable declaration, the older syntax that allows spaces to separate variables is no longer valid.

To reproduce this behavior, run the following code, changing the path as necessary if you did not install VFP 6.0 to the default location:

lcPath = "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VFP98\Wizards\_FRAMEWK"
COMPILE CLASSLIB (lcPath + ".vcx")
MODIFY FILE (lcPath + ".err")

REFERENCES

For more information on the LOCAL command, see the "LOCAL Command" entry in the VFP 7.0 Help file.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/17/2001
Keywords:	kbCodeSnippet kbDSupport kbOOP kbprb kbwizard KB309122