FIX: ACTIVATE WINDOW NOSHOW & READ MODAL Won't Work w/ Popup

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c

SYMPTOMS

When an object, other than a popup, is defined in a window that has been activated with the NOSHOW clause, and then a READ MODAL command is executed, the window will automatically be displayed. However, if a popup is added to the window, the READ MODAL command will execute and terminate immediately.

RESOLUTION

This behavior is easily corrected by adding an ACTIVATE WINDOW <window name> or SHOW WINDOW <window name> command after all the objects have been defined but before the READ MODAL command.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

The following code demonstrates the behavior described above:

   testvar=1
   DIMENSION testarray(3)
   testarray=""
   testarray(1)="item"
   DEFINE WINDOW wtest AT 1,1 SIZE 10,10 FLOAT CLOSE
   ACTIVATE WINDOW wtest NOSHOW
   @ 1,1 GET testvar PICTURE "@^" FROM testarray SIZE 1.5,8
   DEFAULT 1 ;
      FONT "MS SANS SERIF",8
   READ MODAL