1) If you have DOEVENTS() coded, this could cause the error. VFP8 changed the syntax to make it a command instead of a function, so now DOEVENTS (without parens) is what's to be coded.

2) Your STRTOFILE, I hazard, has never worked in any version of VFP. VFP has never accepted a "&&" string part in any part of a command, clause or operand. You should be able to beat this in a few ways, one being "&" + "&".....

cheers

>Hello,
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>i encountered minor problems when trying to rebuild or change a VFP 7 project in VFP 8
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>some forms can't be edited! a messagebox saying: "syntax error" pops up when i do "Modify form ..." (it's not me .. the same happens when i click "modify" in project manager)
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>further it crashes out with the same message when i try to instantiate the forms in the compiled version with a plain "DO FORM ..."
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>anyone had similar experiences/problems and maybe a fix?
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>ahh .. there was another strange error i encounterd:
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>? STRTOFILE("&&Blalalalal","somefile.txt",1)
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>crashes .. seems to have problems with the "&&"
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>Regards
>
>Christian