Microsoft KB Archive/87665

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 1.02, 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a
 * Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a
 * Microsoft FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS, version 2.1

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SUMMARY
Third-party developers offer a number of freeware and shareware utility programs to recover damaged memo field data files. These utilities are supported by the third-party developers that wrote the utilities, not by Microsoft. The utilities on the list below have not been tested by Microsoft. The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

MORE INFORMATION
For information about performing table maintenance using FoxPro low-level file functions, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q135905 How to Retrieve Records that were Previously Zapped" "Q139758 How to Modify the Table Header from FoxPro"

Files Available from Third-Party Vendors
Name:         FPTFIX.PRG Title:        Memo File Fixer - Improved version By:           Hank Costello Description:  Improved version of FPTFIX with more options. Fixes both file pointer and blocksize bytes as required. If              you order the source code for this utility, you also receive a program that works with FPTFIX2 to check all .FPT files and to fix damaged files.

Name:         CHKFPT.COM Title:        Display information about .FPT and help diagnose corruption By:           Pete Olympia Description:  Length-damaged FoxPro memo field utility to display all information about .FPT file and help diagnose memo file data corruption. Includes block size, next available block, if the link is incorrect, and the correct link. For each memo field and database record, the utility shows memo field length and whether it is picture, text, or corrupted.

Name:         MEMOPL.INF Title:        MemoPlus short product description By:           Pete Olympia Description:  Product description of MemoPlus (see below), a set of               utilities for xBase memo file handling. Supports all xBase dialects, including FoxPro 2.0. Can diagnose and repair corrupt memo files automatically. Can import, export, pack memo field data in MS-DOS. You can also edit memo fields using your own text editor. Uploaded by Pete Olympia.

Commercial Utility Programs
dSalvage Professional Contact: Paul Heiser Comtech Publishing Ltd. P.O. Box 12340 Reno, NV 89510 Phone: (702) 825-9000 Fax:  (702) 825-1818 Order: (800) 456-7005 DTools EL SoftWare 3809 Plaza Drive #107-360 Oceanside, CA 92056 Phone: (619) 439-6617 MemoPlus Contact: P. I. Olympia Rory Data International 17 Thornburn Road North Potomac, MD 20878 Phone: (301) 251-0497 Fax:  (301) 258-6862

Warehouse Vendor for Most FoxPro Add-In Products
HALLoGRAM Publishing 14221 E. 4th Avenue Suite 220 Aurora, CO 80011 Phone: (303) 340-3404 Fax:  (303) 340-4404 Web:  www.hallogram.com e-mail: sales@hallogram.com For more information about third-party database-recovery utilities, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: "Q87688 PRB: &quot;Not a Database File&quot; Error Using a Database File" Additional query words: FoxDos FoxWin invalid missing Fox3Party third party third-party 3rd party not a table &quot;Memo File Is Missing/Invalid&quot;

Keywords         : kberrmsg FxtoolGeneral Version          : 1.02 2.00 2.10 2.50 2.50a | 2.50 Platform         : MS-DOS WINDOWS Issue type       :
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