BUG: Issuing PACK <table name> Causes Fatal Error

Issuing PACK <table name> causes the following error:

This error only occurs in Visual FoxPro 6.0. The ability to add the table name clause was added in Visual FoxPro 5.0

Do not use the <table name> clause with the PACK command. Open the table, and then issue the PACK command without any clauses.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

The PACK command has an undocumented feature of adding the table name to the end of the command. This feature is useful if the table is closed at the time the PACK <table name> command is issued. If the table is in use, the "File is in use" error occurs.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In the Visual FoxPro 6.0 Command window, type the following command:
   

         PACK HOME(2)+"\data\customer"

Note that the fatal error occurs and FoxPro quits.