Microsoft KB Archive/129440

= BUG: Cannot Escape Out of ON ERROR Routine =

Article ID: 129440

Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q129440



SYMPTOMS
An ON ERROR routine with a RETRY is in an infinite loop. Pressing the ESC key does not cancel execution of the RETRY.



CAUSE
The ON ERROR does not call a procedure. It is set as ON ERROR RETRY. When the RETRY is executed, the error that prompted the ON ERROR has not been corrected.



WORKAROUND
You can add a special case to the ON ERROR routine to handle cases where an infinite loop might occur. If SET ESCAPE is ON, you can press the ESC key when the procedure is executing, and execution will be canceled.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600

Keywords: kbbug KB129440

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