Q120184: FIX: Error Message with SAVE SCREEN Command

Article: Q120184
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 2.5,2.6,3.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kberrmsg
Last Modified: 01-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.6 
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SYMPTOMS
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When using the SAVE SCREEN TO <memvar> command, one of the following error
messages appears:

  FoxPro 2.x: Insufficient Memory

  -or-

  Visual FoxPro: There is not enough memory to complete this operation.

CAUSE
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You are using a higher-resolution video driver with 256 colors.

The SAVE SCREEN TO <memvar> command saves an image of either the main
FoxPro window or the active window to a memory variable. This error message may
occur when you are both saving a screen to a memory variable and using
higher-resolution video drivers with 256 colors.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual FoxPro 3.0b
for Windows.

Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 2.60a 3.00 buglist2.50 buglist2.50a buglist2.50b buglist2.60 buglist2.60a fixlist3.00b buglist3.00

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kberrmsg 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro260 kbFoxPro250 kbVFP300 kbVFP500
Version           : :2.5,2.6,3.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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