KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q190562: FIX: SelectedFore/BackColor Ignored in Top-Level Forms

Article: Q190562
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-DEC-1999

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

If you have a Top-Level form and you set the SelectedForeColor and/or
SelectedBackColor properties for controls in that form, those settings are
ignored.

RESOLUTION
==========

This problem is corrected in Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
================

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
---------------------------

1. Run the following from a program file:

        PUBL OF1,OF2
        OF1 = CREA("form1")
        OF1.SHOW

        OF2 = CREATEOBJECT("form2")
        OF2.LEFT = _SCREEN.LEFT+OF2.LEFT+OF1.WIDTH+12
        OF2.TOP = _SCREEN.TOP+75
        OF2.SHOW

        DEFINE CLASS FORM1 AS FORM
           SHOWWINDOW = 0
           HEIGHT = 50
           WIDTH = 200
           ADD OBJECT TEXT1 AS TEXTBOX WITH ;
              TOP = 10, ;
              LEFT = 10, ;
              WIDTH = 150

         PROC INIT
           THIS.CAPTION = "ShowWindow = "+STR(THIS.SHOWWINDOW,1)
           THISFORM.TEXT1.SELECTEDFORECOLOR=RGB(255,0,0)
           THISFORM.TEXT1.SELECTEDBACKCOLOR=RGB(0,255,0)
           THISFORM.TEXT1.VALUE = ;
              STR(THISFORM.TEXT1.SELECTEDBACKCOLOR)+ ;
              " "+STR(THISFORM.TEXT1.SELECTEDFORECOLOR)
           THISFORM.TEXT1.SELSTART=0
           THISFORM.TEXT1.SELLENGTH=LEN(THISFORM.TEXT1.VALUE)
           THISFORM.TEXT1.HIDESELECTION = .F.
         ENDPROC
        ENDDEFINE

        DEFINE CLASS FORM2 AS FORM1
           SHOWWINDOW = 2
        ENDDEFINE

The Top-Level form (where ShowWindow = 2) displays the selected text as white
foreground on a blue background. The form where ShowWindow = 0 displays the
selected text as red foreground on bright green background. The edit box and
combo box controls display the same behavior.

REFERENCES
==========

(c) Microsoft Corporation 1998, All Rights Reserved.
Contributions by Jim Saunders, Microsoft Corporation


Additional query words: kbVFp300bbug kbVFp500abug kbOOP kbvfp600

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.