PRB: Unable to Change Sorted Property in Form Designer

Last reviewed: December 25, 1995
Article ID: Q141638

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0 and 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

The Sorted property of a list box or combo box contained in a form in the Form Designer cannot be changed from '.F. - False' to '.T.- True' if the RowSourceType property is set to anything other than '0 - None' or '1 - Value'.

CAUSE

The Sorted Property of a combo box or list box can be set to '.T. - True' only if the RowSourceType property is set to either '0 - None' or

'1 - Value'.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

If it is intended for a list box or combo box to have a RowSourceType of anything other than 0 (None) or 1 (Value), then the Sorted Property cannot be set to anything other than '.F. - False' because it cannot have any effect on any of the other RowSourceTypes.

It is possible to set the Sorted Property to '.T. - True' while the RowSourceType is either 0 (None) or 1 (Value) and then to set the RowSourceType to something different. If this is done and a form is closed and saved, the Sorted Property will return to '.F. - False'.

For more information on the Sorted Property, please refer to the "Sorted Property" topic in the Help file.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

NOTE: This example uses a list box, but the same could also be applied to a combo boxl.

Create a new form and place a list box on it.
Set the RowSourceType Property of the list box to '0 - None' (the default setting).
Change the Sorted property for the list box from '.F. - False' to
```
   '.T. - True'.
```
Change the RowSourceType property for the list box from '0 - None' to
```
   '5 - Array'.
```

Change the Sorted property for the list box from '.T. - True' to

   '.F. - False'. Note that attempting to change it back to '.T. - True'
   will not be allowed.

If, after implementing steps 1 through 4, you save and close the form, the list box RowSourceType property would be '5 - Array' and the Sorted property would have been '.T. - True'. But, once the form is opened within the Form Designer, the Sorted property will be reset to '.F. - False'.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00b VFoxWin
KBCategory: kbprg kbprb
KBSubcategory: FxprgClassoop

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Last reviewed: December 25, 1995
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