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BUG: Watch/Locals Windows Truncate Char. Variables at CHR(0)

Article ID: 189775

Article Last Modified on 12/11/1999

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a

This article was previously published under Q189775

SYMPTOMS

If you look at the value of a character-type variable that contains an embedded CHR(0) (that is, a NULL value) in the Visual FoxPro Debugger Watch or Debugger Locals window, the variable is truncated at the point where the CHR(0) occurs.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Type the following in the Command Window:

      gcX = "xxx"+CHR(0)+"yyy"
      DEBUG

Look at gcX in the Debugger Locals window, or type gcX in the Debugger Watch window and look at its value there.

RESULT: gcX's displayed value is "xxx" and LEN(gcX) = 7.

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