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Q303831: FIX: ScrollBars on EditBox Control Do Not Show in Compiled .exe

Article: Q303831
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbContainer kbCtrl kbvfp kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbvfp700
Last Modified: 24-JAN-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Forms that contain EditBox controls do not display the vertical scrollbar when
they are run in an application using the Visual FoxPro run-time libraries. Users
can still scroll the EditBox control by using the keyboard.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

The individual update is available from the following Microsoft Developer Network
(MSDN) Web site:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/updates.asp

This update contains new versions of the Visual FoxPro run-time libraries, as
well as an updated Visual FoxPro run-time merge module (used for redistribution
of custom applications). This issue only applies to the run-time versions of
Visual FoxPro that ship with the English product.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.

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

This issue does not occur on forms that contain EditBox controls when the forms
are run under the full development version of Visual FoxPro (VFP7.exe).

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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Paste the following code in a .prg file, then run the code:

  TEXT TO temp NOSHOW
  ON SHUTDOWN quit
  oform=CREATEOBJECT("Form1")
  oform.show()
  READ events
  DEFINE CLASS form1 as Form
  ADD OBJECT edit1 as editbox WITH visible=.t.,scrollbars=2
  PROCEDURE show
  this.Width=thisform.edit1.width
  this.Height=thisform.edit1.height+2
  thisform.edit1.value="this is a very, very, very long string"
  thisform.edit1.value=thisform.edit1.value+" that needs scrollbars"
  ENDDEFINE
  ENDTEXT
  =Strtofile(temp,"tempprg.prg")
  Create Project temp Nowait
  _vfp.ActiveProject.Files.Add("tempprg.prg")
  _vfp.ActiveProject.Build("tempprg.exe",3)
  Run /N tempprg.exe

Additional query words: kbVFP700sp1fix

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Keywords          : kbContainer kbCtrl kbvfp kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbvfp700 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700
Version           : :7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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