Microsoft KB Archive/95677

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ID: Q95677

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a
 * Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5a

SYMPTOMS
The menu generator program displays the following error message:

String too long to fit: Press any key to cleanup and exit.

CAUSE
If the prompt of a procedure contains more than 44 characters, GENMENU.PRG displays the &quot;String too long to fit&quot; message. The FoxPro limit is 254 characters in the prompt of a procedure; however, a maximum length of 44 characters has been set in GENMENU.PRG.

RESOLUTION
To work around this limitation, modify GENMENU.PRG so that the lines that read

\\<><> are commented out. CAUTION: Modifications to the GENMENU program are NOT supported. If you modify this program to run with your application, you do so at your own risk.

After you receive the &quot;String too long to fit&quot; error message, issue a CLOSE ALL command to close the program being generated.

This error message also appears with the GENSCRN.PRG file. Modifications to this file are also unsupported.

Additional reference words: MBuilder FoxDos FoxWin 2.00 2.50 2.50a errmsg err msg (1903) 1903 KBCategory: kbother kberrmsg KBSubcategory: FxtoolMBuilder
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