Microsoft Visual FoxPro is a database management system developed by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Visual FoxPro stores your significant data in DBF file. Under some circumstances, the DBF file gets damaged or corrupted and you cannot access data from it. DBF file get corrupt due to some error messages like:
”Error 1103 or Invalid Seek Offset(ISO) error”
Due to this error you cannot access Visual FoxPro database and come across critical data loss situations.
But why this error occurs:
The error "Illegal Seek Offset", seems to be caused most often by one of
these situations:
1. Due to corrupt index or corrupt dbf file.
2. Memory resident programs (TSRs).
3. Network software problems.
How to resolved above three issues:
Usually, it seems to be the first. So recreating the table.
A clean boot will solve any memory resident program (TSR) problems.
Solved network software problems by replacing network and workstation cabling and other equipment.
One another solution of this error is an updated and valid backup .You can easily recover DBF database by restoring the backup.
Note: Regularly update your backup to prevent your database from corruption.
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