>This is driving me nuts, I have one screen in this
>application and when I add a record the first time
>after issuing INSERT FROM MEMVAR INTO ALIAS()
>and the SCATTER MEMVAR I can't assign any value to a
>memory variable, if I try something like :
>m.memory_var=table1.field_name
>Fox returns data type mismatch, for me it doesn't make
>any sense, because Fox let you assign any type of value
>to any type of variable, that is it lets you change
>the data type at run time without any problem, like
>if I say :
>m.memory_var=5
>and after that I say :
>m.memory_var='Luis'
>In Fox it is ok to do that.
>Any Suggestions ?
It can be irrelevant but from my own experience I know that using SCATTER command I often miss MEMO clause and Foxpro skips memo field squeezing array. If you have memo field it might be the case.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant