DOCUMENT:Q195626  31-JUL-1999  [foxpro]
TITLE   :FIX: Save As HTML Not Working Correctly with Double Data Types
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbFFC kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox kbMiscTools1098fix

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the GenHTML engine to save the contents of a Visual FoxPro table to
a .html file, any fields of the type double are not represented correctly in the
resulting .html file.

RESOLUTION
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The October 1998 Visual FoxPro 6.0 Gallery and FoxPro Foundation Classes (FFC)
update includes a new version of the GenHTML.prg file, which addresses this
problem. You can download the update from the following Web address:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/updates.asp

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.This bug was corrected in the October
1998 Visual FoxPro 6.0 Gallery and FFC updates.

-and-

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

   Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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Run the following code:

   *!*  Create Sample Data
   CREATE TABLE testdata (data b(5))
   APPEND BLANK
   REPLACE DATA WITH 99999
   BROWSE NOWAIT
   *!*  Generate HTML and display in browser
   DO (_GENHTML) WITH 'Double Field',alias(),2

Note that the .html file displayed in the browser does not show any decimal
places for the data contained in the table.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbFFC kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox kbMiscTools1098fix 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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