I ran into this problem myself when I upgraded to VFP8. I posted the problem here on the UT. To determine what object was causing the problem, I started with a new blank form and added to it the objects from the problematic form one by one and tested the form until it bombed. It turned out that it was a problem in the caption of one of the labels on my form. I was using the syntax

caption = "="

without a space before the = sign and changing it to:

caption = " ="

with a space before the equal sign fixed the problem. Someone on the UT helped me out with this.

Found the thread: Re: Form gives error when modifying in VFP8 or when running Thread #752686 Message #752746

If you do not have any captions that match this example, then try moving objects one by one to a new form to determine which one is causing the problem. There are also sql syntax changes in VFP8 that I had to change in my old VFP7 forms too.


>I just upgraded to VFP 8 from VFP 7. I have a form that now reports a syntax error when the form is modified and when the form is executed. I cannot seem to locate the error. If I step through the code, it occurs after the load event but before the init events. My regular "ON ERROR" routine does not trap the error. I am not sure where to look. Any ideas?