Microsoft KB Archive/88738

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ID: Q88738

2.00 MS-DOS kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS
In a Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 for MS-DOS application, the Activate window command generates an error if the application was started at the MS- DOS prompt.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 for MS-DOS. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 for MS-DOS released September 26, 1991.

MORE INFORMATION
To reproduce this problem, do the following:

1. Create a FoxPro application (for example, MYPROG.PRG) that contains the

following code:

ACTIVATE WINDOW COMMAND IN WINDOW hidecomm 2. To start FoxPro and run the application, type the following at the MS-DOS prompt:

FOXPRO MYPROG.PRG Additional reference words: FoxDos buglist2.00 fixlist2.00 2.00 KBCategory: kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist KBSubcategory: Solution Type : kbfix
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