Microsoft KB Archive/156240

= PRB: "Missing Operand" Using TIME with WAIT WINDOW Command =

Article ID: 156240

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2003

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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 6.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q156240



SYMPTOMS
In Visual FoxPro, you can use the WAIT WINDOW command with any character expression to display a message in the upper right corner of the Visual FoxPro desktop. However, when you try to use the TIME function with the WAIT WINDOW command, as in WAIT WINDOW TIME, you receive the following error message:

Missing Operand



CAUSE
Although the TIME function is returning a character string, the WAIT WINDOW command is interpreting the first four characters of the function (TIME) as an abbreviation for the TIMEOUT command. The TIMEOUT command is expecting a numeric value as its first clause, but instead it is being passed a value of "." Since this is not a valid numeric value, the "Missing Operand" error occurs.



RESOLUTION
You can use the following workaround: WAIT WINDOW ""+TIME && Includes the double quotation



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Type the following in the Command window: WAIT WINDOW Time

Additional query words: kbdse VfoxWin kbvfp300 kbvfp300b kbvfp500 kbvfp600

Keywords: kbprb KB156240

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