Microsoft KB Archive/107417

= PRB: "Error Creating OLE Object" with APPEND GENERAL =

Article ID: 107417

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q107417





SYMPTOMS
When you issue the command APPEND GENERAL FROM  CLASS "PBRUSH", you receive the error message "Error creating OLE object."



CAUSE
This error occurs because there is not an OLE server for .BMP files on the Macintosh. This is a limitation of general fields. General fields must have a program that is capable of acting as an OLE server before files can be appended into the general field.



RESOLUTION
Install a program on the Macintosh that can act as an OLE server for bitmaps, if one exists. Microsoft Imager, an OLE server, is installed with Visual FoxPro 3.0 for Macintosh, and you can use it to edit PICT files.



MORE INFORMATION
This same command does not cause any errors when it is issued in FoxPro for Windows.

