Q189458: INFO: Third Party Utility Repairs FoxPro Record and Memo Data

Article: Q189458
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:2.6a; MS-DOS:2.6a; WINDOWS:2.6a,3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty
Last Modified: 29-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.6a 
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a 
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6a 
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a 
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SUMMARY
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This article points to the address of a Web site for FoxPro table and memo file
repair utilities.

Recover 2.0 is manufactured by Abri Technologies - Software Products &
Services, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or
otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

NOTE: Please backup any files before using these products.

MORE INFORMATION
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There are four FoxPro table repair tools offered for a fee and the following Web
site offers demo information:

  http://abri.com/recover.html

  -and-

  http://www.abri.com/

One of the options allows developers to distribute the table repair product in a
distributed .exe file. A list of these files follows:

- Runrec5.zip
- RecovWin.zip
- RecovDos.zip

To download the Recover.exe demo, select the appropriate link for your FoxPro
platform.

Here is a list of the files that may be downloaded:

  FoxPro Version        File Name
  -------------------------------

  Visual FoxPro 5       vfp5demo.zip
  Visual FoxPro 3       vfp3demo.zip
  FoxPro/Win            fpwdemo.zip
  FoxPro/DOS            fpddemo.zip
  FoxPro/Mac            fpmdemo.hqx

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q107520 FIX: Memo Field Corruption Occurs with Code Page Differences

  Q120545 dSALVAGE Professional Version 4.2: Overview and Features

  Q145670 How to Recover a Corrupted FoxPro for Macintosh .DBF File

  Q156581 PRB: INSERT Can Freeze VFP if Table's Index File Corrupted

  Q168762 HOWTO: Fixing Index Corruption at Run Time with Visual FoxPro

  Q172086 PRB: Data Corruption with Row Buffering in Visual FoxPro 3.0

  Q164385 BUG: Large Result Sets May Become Corrupted in VFP

  Q99557 PRB: FoxPro Corruption Problems Fixed by Novell 3.11 Patches

(c) Microsoft Corporation 1998. All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Mike
Fernald, Microsoft Corporation


Additional query words: kbVFp300 kbVFp500 kbVFp500a kb3rdparty

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbFoxPro260aMac kbFoxPro260aDOS kbFoxPro260a kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP500a
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.6a; MS-DOS:2.6a; WINDOWS:2.6a,3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a
Issue type        : kbinfo

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