Microsoft KB Archive/100445

= BUG: Character Field Appears as Date in Microsoft Graph =

Article ID: 100445

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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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 5.0a
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a

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This article was previously published under Q100445



SYMPTOMS
When FoxPro is outputting a character field to Microsoft Graph that contains values that look like dates, the graph will display these numbers in the dd-mmm (day-month) format. For example, a character field containing "1-10" or "1/10" will display as "10-Jan" on the graph. Anything larger than "12-31" or "12/31" displays correctly since there are no months that would correspond with these numbers.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem and display the character fields correctly, place a blank space at the beginning of the character expression. To do this without making any modifications to the actual database file, do the following:

 FoxPro 2.X: In the RQBE window, select the Fields check box. Visual FoxPro: In the Query Designer window, select the Fields tab. Remove the character field from the Selected Output list.  In the Functions/Expressions box, type the following: " "+ where is the name of the character field.  Choose Move to move the expression to the Selected Output list. Output the query to a graph.

The character field now displays correctly.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: msgraph kbFP250 kbFP260 kbvfp500 kbvfp600

Keywords: kbbug kbinterop kblist KB100445

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