PRB: Can't Edit/Select Converted Screen Objects by Clicking

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When, after doing a functional conversion of a FoxPro screen in Visual FoxPro version 3.0, the objects in that screen cannot be selected by clicking them in the Visual FoxPro form.

CAUSE

Doing a functional conversion causes Visual FoxPro to add a Page frame to the form. All of the objects in the form are put into the page frame instead of directly onto the form.

By clicking the form, you are selecting the page frame object instead of each individual object.

WORKAROUND

To be able to edit an individual object, click the page frame using the secondary (right) mouse button. Then select Edit from the control menu. Or you can select page1 from the object menu in the property box for the form. Then you can click any item to change or view its properties and methods.

STATUS

This Behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

When creating a new form in Visual FoxPro version 3.0, you can click the object to view or change its properties and methods. In FoxPro version 2.x, you can edit an object by double-clicking it.

When you convert a screen from FoxPro version 2.x to Visual FoxPro version 3.0, Visual FoxPro adds a page frame to the form. The addition of a page frame was necessary to emulate the FoxPro version 2.x READ model; the page frame is a container that holds the converted objects. Clicking an object in the form lists the properties and methods of the page frame instead of the converted object.

NOTE: Performing a visual conversion instead of the functional conversion prevents the page frame from being added to the form. The converted objects are placed directly on the form. However, the properties and methods of the objects must be manually added to the form.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open a FoxPro version 2.x screen by choosing Open from the File menu or by using the MODIFY FORM command in the Command Window.

2. When the Visual FoxPro Converter dialog box appears, choose Functional Conversion, and click Continue.

3. When the form designer window appears, notice that the properties sheet has Formset as the default object.

4. Click any object on the form to list the properties and methods for the page frame. Double-Click to bring up the PageFrame.AddObject edit window.