Q318995: FIX: When You Mix TEXT TO and SET TEXTMERGE Commnds Error Occurs

Article: Q318995
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCtrl kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix
Last Modified: 10-APR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you issue both the TEXT TO and the SET TEXTMERGE commands to assign data to a
variable, you may eventually receive the following error message and Visual
FoxPro may stop responding:

  Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0.

This problem was first corrected in Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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Paste the following code in a program (.prg) file, and then run the program from
the Command window:

NOTE: You may need to run the following code several times before Visual FoxPro
stops responding.

  TEXT TO text_var
  	This is the first line of text.
  ENDTEXT 

  SET TEXTMERGE ON TO MEMVAR text_var ADDITIVE
  	\This is the second line of text.
  SET TEXTMERGE TO 

  TEXT TO text_var ADDITIVE
  	This is the third line of text.
  ENDTEXT 

  SET TEXTMERGE ON TO MEMVAR text_var ADDITIVE
  	\This is the fourth line of text.
  SET TEXTMERGE TO

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbCtrl kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700 _IK283 kbVFP700sp1fix 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700
Version           : :7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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