KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q221708: FIX: Class Browser Open File History List Truncates File Names

Article: Q221708
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbservicepack kbMiscTools kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbGr
Last Modified: 21-MAY-1999

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

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

File names listed on the Class Browser's History List of previously opened files
are truncated when the file name or directory path is long. This also happens in
the Component Gallery.

The History List is displayed by right-mouse clicking the Open toolbar button.

STATUS
======

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

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information
about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

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

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

1. Issue the following command in the Visual FoxPro Command window to create a
  form with a file name that is 120 characters long:

  CREATE FORM REPLICATE("abcdef",20)

2. Create and open the form, then press the CTRL+W key combination to close and
  save it.

3. Open the Class Browser from the Tools menu.

4. In the Class Browser, click on the Open toolbar button to open the form
  created above.

5. Close the Class Browser.

6. Reopen the Class Browser.

7. Right-mouse click the Open toolbar button. Note the History List of
  previously opened files. The name of the form created above should be cut off
  on the right side.

Additional query words:

======================================================================
Keywords          : kbservicepack kbMiscTools kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
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.