visual foxpro - ole ....... not registered in the library

[kristover]

I am running vfp6 on window 8. I typed in 'application = .f.'. when am executing my program , it brings error message 'ole 02x800......... not registered in the Library'

please whats the solution

 

[Olaf Doschke]

Well, application is a reserved word, it is an object existing globally.

Start VFP, in the command window do

? Application

This should display (Object) on the screen.
Choose another name for your variable.

Bye, Olaf.

PS: Application mainly is the same as _VFP, if you set _vfp.caption you set the _screen caption and also Application.Caption will be that caption. So _VFP, _SCREEN and Application are somewhat interconnected objects, you can't use any of these as names for own variables and they are related to VFP being OLE automatable itself, ie o = CREATEOBJECT("VisualFoxpro.Application") works for automating VFP.

 

[Mike Lewis]

The message which I see if I type [tt]Application = .F.[/tt] is "Cannot redefine Application". This makes perfect sense, since Application is a pre-defined object.

I don't know where your "not registered in library" error is coming from - unless that was the standared error message for this situation in VFP 6. But, in any case, if you are trying to use [tt]Application[/tt] as a variable, the solution is to choose a different name for the variable.

Mike

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[atlopes]

Just for the record: in VFP6, the error is the same as in VFP9 ("Cannot redefine Application").

 

[Mike Lewis]

Just for the record: in VFP6, the error is the same as in VFP9 ("Cannot redefine Application").

That's useful to know. It indicates that he is doing something more than trying to set a variable named Application to .F. Some ActiveX control is being used perhaps.

Mike



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