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Memo file is missing or invalid, during copying
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16/03/2009 20:32:48
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Troubleshooting
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 7 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01388460
Message ID:
01388574
Views:
43
>>A table with a large fpt is copied (copy/xcopy,whatever). If I open (USE SHARED) that table during that copying, I get the error message 'Memo file is missing or invalid'. After the copying the error is gone. The table is perfectly okay.
>>
>>Is this a known quirck? Is this acceptable behavior?
>
>Yes, this is known behavior. However, are you sure the file is OK?

The table is (and stays) okay in every aspect.

It's an 'interesting' quirck. I'm even inclined to call it a bug. I wonder how this can be tackled, as the implication is that opening tables can and will fail when a user is copying the files.
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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