Microsoft KB Archive/96284

= FoxUSER File Contents =

PSS ID Number: 96284

Article Last Modified on 10/23/1999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxBASE+ for Macintosh 2.01

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This article was previously published under Q96284



SUMMARY
The FoxUSER file is a resource file that FoxBASE+/Mac uses to keep track of preferences. These preferences include window location (View window, Command window, Debug window), colors from the color picker, and preferences for text and program files. When viewed as an icon, the FoxUSER file looks like a fox head with nuts and bolts.



MORE INFORMATION
The FoxUSER file must be moved into the System Folder after installation. This information is not included in the documentation for earlier versions of FoxBASE. In the March 1991 documentation and later printings, this requirement is noted on page 2-7 of the &quot;User's Guide.&quot; If the FoxUSER file is not in the System Folder, one of the following problems could occur:

 The &quot;File does not exist&quot; error appears when generating an .SCX file (screen file) while the .SCX file is open. The Preferences command on the Edit menu is not highlighted when a text file or .PRG file is open. You cannot change data types in MODIFY STRUCTURE. This could also be due to an INIT/CDEV conflict. The

Resource not found

error occurs when an ALERT command is used. The Define and Default Layouts do not appear under Page Layout in the Report Writer. The View window and Command window do not appear when the application is first started. Your color preferences are not saved and the default preferences are used.</li></ul>

Other resources that can be stored in the FoxUSER file include icons, pictures, and XCMDs. If the FoxUSER file has been modified in such a way that one of these resources is no longer there (either by reinstalling on top of the FoxUSER file or by using an editor such as ResEdit), the error &quot;Resource not found&quot; results. In report forms and screen files, a dimmed (grayed) box will appear if the resource cannot be found.

A

Resource not found

error message may occur if the FoxUSER file was not installed correctly; that is, if a copy of FoxUSER was dragged off Disk 1 after FoxInstall has run.

Additional query words: 2.01 docerr unavailable out errmsg err msg

Keywords: KB96284

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFoxBASE201Mac kbFoxBASESearch kbFoxproSearch kbHWMAC kbOSMAC

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