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BUG: SavePicture Function Hangs VFP When Zero Disk Space

Article ID: 195263

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

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 Q195263

SYMPTOMS

Using the SavePicture function to create a bitmap from a picture object reference and saving it to a storage media that has zero disk space hangs Visual FoxPro 5.x or 6.0.

RESOLUTION

Free up some disk space before using the SavePicture function to create a bitmap.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Copy some files onto a floppy disk until it reports 0 free space.

In the Visual FoxPro Command window, type the following command: oPicture = LOADPICTURE(HOME()+"fox.bmp") ? SAVEPICTURE(oPicture,"a:\foxtest.bmp")

RESULT: Visual FoxPro hangs and you have to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to terminate Visual FoxPro.

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbxbase KB195263