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PRB: SET MARK TO Does Not Work with "#" and "A"

Article ID: 176785

Article Last Modified on 12/11/1999

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q176785

SYMPTOMS

When you use characters like "#", "a", and "A" as date delimiters to enter a date value in Visual FoxPro 5.x, the delimiter shifts to the right creating an invalid entry.

RESOLUTION

Use characters other than "#", "a", and "A" as date delimiters.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem does not occur in Visual FoxPro version 3.x.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create and run a program (.prg) file with the following code:

       SET MARK TO "#"
       ldDate = {}
       @1,1 GET ldDate
       READ

Run the program.
Type in the date.

NOTE: The "#" character shifts one space to the right with every character that you enter. This eventually results in an invalid date entry.

Keywords: kbprb KB176785