>>While compiling a couple of VFP6 programs under VFP7, the compiler flagged one line in each program that had a syntax error. Specifically they were LOCAL declaration statements which had a missing comma between two of the variables.
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>>This was not picked up by the VFP6 compiler. My question is, has anyone seen or suspect that this type of missed comma syntax error in a VFP6 application might cause C5 errors?
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>>Thanks,
>>Bill
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>Hi Bill,
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>It's been mentioned here (on UT) a few times and I believe that it was noted in the VFP 7 that variable declarations without comma separation was no longer supported... Need to find out exactly where though...
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>UPDATE:From VFP7 Help
>Behavior Changes since the Previous Version
>Bullet 3: Because of new support for IntelliSense and COM server typing (for example, LOCAL cName AS string), the use of a variables list separated by spaces only (for example, LOCAL x y z) is no longer allowed. You must separate variables with commas (for example, LOCAL x, y, z).
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>- Brian
Ok, thanks Brian. That resolves it.
Bill
William A. Caton III
Software Engineer
MAXIMUS
Atlanta, Ga.