Microsoft KB Archive/174916

= PRB: APPEND PROCEDURES Causes "Feature Not Available" in Runtime =

Article ID: 174916

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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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 Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q174916



SYMPTOMS
"Feature is not available" error occurs when issuing an APPEND PROCEDURES command in a FoxPro executable.



CAUSE
The COMPILE feature is not available in a distributed application. The APPEND PROCEDURES command performs an implicit COMPILE of the database when stored procedures are added.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
This error message occurs because Visual FoxPro attempts to recompile the database code when the APPEND PROCEDURES command is issued. Visual FoxPro cannot perform this action in the runtime environment.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
  Create a database using the following command: CREATE DATA mytestdata   Create a procedure file with the command MODIFY COMMAND myprocs and add the following lines of code: PROCEDURE myproc ENDPROC   Create a project with the following MAIN program code: OPEN DATA mytestdata APPEND PROCEDURES FROM myprocs.prg  Build an executable, quit Visual FoxPro, and run the executable.

The "Feature is not available" error will occur on the APPEND PROCEDURES command.

