Microsoft KB Archive/124788

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ID: Q124788

2.60a WINDOWS kbtool kbprb

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS
The Setup Wizard generates the following error message when compressing files:

Warning -- the file 'c:\compress\xxx2.db$' exists. Should I try to overwrite it? Yes or No?

CAUSE
The error message is generated because some of the files being compressed have filenames that end in a number -- such as WORDS1.DBF or WORDS2.DBF. When the files are compressed and split, the setup compression program numbers the split pieces of the file into FILENAME.XX$, FILENAM2.XX$, FILENAM3.XX$, and so on.

A two-megabyte file called WORD1.DBF will be split into WORD1.DB$ and WORD2.DB$. When the COMPRESS.EXE utility tries to compress a second file WORD2.DBF into WORD2.DB$ it will give the error message because the file WORD2.DB$ has already been created.

WORKAROUND
 Don't use files that have a numeric ending. -or- Rename files prior to running SETUP.APP, and create a batch file that will rename them back after SETUP.EXE finishes. When the Setup Wizard asks if there is a file to be run after installation is complete, give it the name of the batch file.

STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.60a KBCategory: kbtool kbprb KBSubcategory: FxtoolDk

Keywords         : FxtoolDk Version          : 2.60a Platform         : WINDOWS
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