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                      [BUG/PRB.] VFP 9.0 FIX - SYS(9176) ENABLES OR DISABLES CHECKING AVAILABLE WORK AREA FOR OPENING A TABLE FILE
                                November 2024
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                                     CCB



1. THE SYS(9176) FUNCTION:

     SYS(9176) - Enables or disables checking available work area for opening a table file

     Enables or disables checking available work area for opening a table file.

     SYS(9176 [, 0 | 1])

     Parameters
     0
     Disables checking available work area for opening a table file.
     1
     Enables checking available work area for opening a table file. 1 is the startup default for Visual FoxPro Advanced.

     Return Value
     Character

     Remarks
     If we enable checking available work area for opening a table file in Visual FoxPro Advanced,
     if the work area number > the maximum number of work areas (32767), it will cause the error "Table number is invalid (Error 17)".
     If we disable checking available work area for opening a table file in Visual FoxPro Advanced,
     if the work area number > the maximum number of work areas (32767), we can open the table file,
     but if we use the SELECT nWorkArea command to select the work area, it will cause the error "Table number is invalid (Error 17)",
     so we can't use the SELECT nWorkArea command to select the work area, we can only use the SELECT cTableAlias command to select the work area.
     It is the same as Visual FoxPro 9.0 and earlier versions.


2. CAUSE:

     There are some BUGs in the following code.


3. RESOLUTION:

     We can write some code to fix the BUG.

     Fun529fca :: ; proc near
             push ebp                                                        ;0x00529fca :        55
             mov ebp , esp                                                   ;0x00529fcb :        8bec
             pushd 0FFFFFFFFh                                                ;0x00529fcd :        6aff
             pushd offset Data922268                                                  ;0x00529fcf :        6868229200
             pushd offset Label9160f9                                                  ;0x00529fd4 :        68f9609100
             mov eax ,  dword ptr fs:[00h]                                   ;0x00529fd9 :        64a100000000
             push eax                                                        ;0x00529fdf :        50
             mov  dword ptr fs:[00h] , esp                                   ;0x00529fe0 :        64892500000000
             push ecx                                                        ;0x00529fe7 :        51
             push ecx                                                        ;0x00529fe8 :        51
             mov eax , 02FBCh                                                ;0x00529fe9 :        b8bc2f0000
             call Fun42c118                                                  ;0x00529fee :        e82521f0ff
             mov eax ,  dword ptr [ Data937090 ]                             ;0x00529ff3 :        a190709300
             mov  dword ptr [ ebp - 28 ] , eax                               ;0x00529ff8 :        8945e4
             push ebx                                                        ;0x00529ffb :        53
             push esi                                                        ;0x00529ffc :        56
             push edi                                                        ;0x00529ffd :        57
             mov  dword ptr [ ebp - 24 ] , esp                               ;0x00529ffe :        8965e8
             xor edi , edi                                                   ;0x0052a001 :        33ff
             mov  dword ptr [ ebp + 0FFFFD114h ] , edi                       ;0x0052a003 :        89bd14d1ffff
             push edi                                                        ;0x0052a009 :        57
             pushd 02710h                                                    ;0x0052a00a :        6810270000
             push edi                                                        ;0x0052a00f :        57
             mov  ebx , dword ptr [ ebp + 8 ]                                ;0x0052a010 :        8b5d08
             mov eax , ebx                                                   ;0x0052a013 :        8bc3
             call Fun529bc5                                                  ;0x0052a015 :        e8abfbffff
             mov  dword ptr [ ebp + 0FFFFD0E4h ] , eax                       ;0x0052a01a :        8985e4d0ffff
             mov  dword ptr [ ebp + 0FFFFD10Ch ] , edi                       ;0x0052a020 :        89bd0cd1ffff
             lea ecx ,  dword ptr [ ebp + 0FFFFFDE0h ]                       ;0x0052a026 :        8d8de0fdffff
             mov  dword ptr [ ebp + 0FFFFD100h ] , ecx                       ;0x0052a02c :        898d00d1ffff
             mov  byte ptr [ ebp + 0FFFFFDE0h ] , 00h                        ;0x0052a032 :        c685e0fdffff00
             movsx eax , ax                                                  ;0x0052a039 :        0fbfc0


     ;
     ;                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ;                      VFP 9.0 FIX - SYS(9176) ENABLES OR DISABLES CHECKING AVAILABLE WORK AREA FOR OPENING A TABLE FILE
     ;                                September 2020
     ;                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ;                                     CCB
     ;
     ; SYS(9176) - Enables or disables checking available work area for opening a table file.
     ;
     ; 2024/11/22, by ccb
     ;

             cmp eax,9176
             je vfpa_sys9176_start


             pushd 064h                                                      ;0x0052a03c :        6a64
             pop esi                                                         ;0x0052a03e :        5e
             cmp eax , esi                                                   ;0x0052a03f :        3bc6
             jle Label52a0d0                                                 ;0x0052a041 :        0f8e89036000
             mov ecx , 07EAh                                                 ;0x0052a047 :        b9ea070000
             cmp eax , ecx                                                   ;0x0052a04c :        3bc1
             jg Label52a164                                                  ;0x0052a04e :        0f8f10010000
             je Label609b33                                                  ;0x0052a054 :        0f84d9fa0d00
             mov ecx , 04F6h                                                 ;0x0052a05a :        b9f6040000
             cmp eax , ecx                                                   ;0x0052a05f :        3bc1
             jle Label52b6e0                                                 ;0x0052a061 :        0f8e79160000
             mov ecx , 07DBh                                                 ;0x0052a067 :        b9db070000
             cmp eax , ecx                                                   ;0x0052a06c :        3bc1
             jg Label51f355                                                  ;0x0052a06e :        0f8fe152ffff
             je Label609700                                                  ;0x0052a074 :        0f8486f60d00
             add ecx , 0FFFFFFF9h                                            ;0x0052a07a :        83c1f9
             cmp eax , ecx                                                   ;0x0052a07d :        3bc1
             jg Label4a4938                                                  ;0x0052a07f :        0f8fb3a8f7ff
             je Label4f6b07                                                  ;0x0052a085 :        0f847ccafcff
             sub eax , 04F7h                                                 ;0x0052a08b :        2df7040000
             je Label60951e                                                  ;0x0052a090 :        0f8488f40d00
             dec eax                                                         ;0x0052a096 :        48
             je Label60950f                                                  ;0x0052a097 :        0f8472f40d00
             sub eax , 0E4h                                                  ;0x0052a09d :        2de4000000
             je Label609492                                                  ;0x0052a0a2 :        0f84eaf30d00
             sub eax , 01F4h                                                 ;0x0052a0a8 :        2df4010000
             jne Label462026                                                 ;0x0052a0ad :        0f85737ff3ff
             lea eax ,  dword ptr [ ebp + 0FFFFFDE0h ]                       ;0x0052a0b3 :        8d85e0fdffff
             push eax                                                        ;0x0052a0b9 :        50
             push  dword ptr [ ebp + 12 ]                                    ;0x0052a0ba :        ff750c
             mov edx , ebx                                                   ;0x0052a0bd :        8bd3
             call Fun4dc923                                                  ;0x0052a0bf :        e85f28fbff


4. APPLIES TO:

     VFP 10 (VFP Advanced)


5. REFERENCE WEBSITES:

     1, baiyujia.com:
     http://www.baiyujia.com
     http://www.baiyujia.com/vfpdocuments/f_vfp9fix363.asp


6. OTHER:

     For reference only, there is no guarantees.

     Any questions or suggestions, please send me an email at ccb2000@163.com.