Microsoft KB Archive/159473

= FIX: GETDIR on Empty Floppy Drive Causes Crash =

Article ID: 159473

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q159473



SYMPTOMS
In Visual FoxPro 5.0, issuing a GETDIR command on a drive that does not contain a disk results in the following error:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.



WORKAROUND
Use Foxtools.fll and the ISDISKIN function to check for a disk in the drive prior to issuing the GETDIR command.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0a.



MORE INFORMATION
To reproduce the problem, do the following:

At the command line enter the following command. Ensure that there is no disk in Drive A:

?GETDIR("A:\")

