Resolving DBF corruption in Visual FoxPro 8.0 after receiving “Fatal Error: Exception Code=C0000005”

Visual FoxPro, derived from FoxPro, is an object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft. It has a built-in database engine, through which it can perform data manipulation and support SQL queries. It is widely used for creating web applications, fat client applications, and middle-ware. But Visual FoxPro users sometimes face corruption problems. These problems can arise due to a number of reasons, such as conflicting anti-virus packages, faulty network components, incompatible video drivers, file locking issues etc. These factors could make the Visual FoxPro DBF file inaccessible and you may lose all the vital information stored in your database. To overcome this problem and regain access to the corrupt DBF file, you need to go for DBF recovery through a reliable third-party utility.

For instance, you are using Visual FoxPro 8.0. When you try to open your Visual FoxPro DBF file, you may receive any one of the following error messages:

“Fatal Error: Exception Code=C0000005”

OR

“The instruction at "0x0046ae8e" referenced memory at "0x00000020".
The memory count not be "read".
”

OR

“VFP caused an invalid page fault in module VFP.EXE at 0137:0045e07a.”

Might be the possible reasons:

The above error may be caused by any one of the following reasons-

· Any anti-virus programs installed in your system

· Poor network adapters

· Corrupt indexes

· Driver issues

· Some ActiveX controls may be causing the problem

This may prevent you from accessing the DBF file components. To repair corrupt DBF file and restore all the damaged components, you may use a backup. If the backup is not available, you should follow the below given resolution steps.

Perfect Solution:

Try to obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro 8.0.

If the above solution fails to solve the problem, you should take help of an efficient DBF recovery. These software have a rich feature set, which ensure a complete and accurate recovery of the damaged DBF file components, such as table name, column name, primary keys, column data type, indexes etc. They have an embedded 'Live Update' feature to install the latest software updates.