Microsoft KB Archive/314654

= FIX: &quot;Cannot update the cursor&quot; Error Indexing a Table When DBC Is Read-Only or Opened NOUPDATE =

Article ID: 314654

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q314654



SYMPTOMS
If you try to create a compact index on a table that is part of a database, and the database is read-only or has been opened with the NOUPDATE clause, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot update the cursor.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
To reproduce the problem, run the following code from a program (.prg) file: CLOSE DATABASES ALL

DECLARE INTEGER SetFileAttributes IN win32api STRING, INTEGER SetFileAttributes(FULLPATH('Demo.dbc'), 0)

DELETE FILE demo.dbc DELETE FILE demo.dc? DELETE FILE demo.dbf DELETE FILE temp.idx

CREATE DATABASE Demo CREATE TABLE Demo (   cTest C(10)) USE CLOSE DATABASES ALL SetFileAttributes(FULLPATH('Demo.dbc'), 1)
 * Make the DBC Read-only.
 * OPEN DATABASE demo NOUPDATE && happens with this also.

USE Demo INDEX ON cTest TO Temp DIR temp.idx CLOSE DATABASES ALL RETURN

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