BUG: 'Z' Function on @ GET Doesn't Suppress Display of Zero

 Last reviewed: November 18, 1996
Article ID: Q141956
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0b, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you have a format function code of 'Z' defined for an @...GET text box on your screen, the value of '0' (zero) is still displayed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The following information is taken from the Help file on the FUNCTION clause for the text box. The FUNCTION parameter: 

   Specifies a function code or picture code that determines how the text
   box output is displayed or printed. You can include the FUNCTION clause,
   the PICTURE clause, or both to create an editing mask. These clauses
   contain special codes that control how the memory variable, array
   element, or field is displayed and edited.
The Z function code is supposed to display the memory variable or field name as blank if its numeric value is 0. In Visual FoxPro, when the text box has focus, the display of the zero is not suppressed. In FoxPro for Windows, no zero is displayed.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

CLEAR Dept=0 

@ 2,2 GET dept FUNCTION "@Z"          ;
               SIZE 1.000, 18.000     ;
               FONT "MS sans Serif", 8
READ

Additional reference words: 5.00 3.00b VFoxWin buglist3.00b text box
function
picture clause
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

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Last reviewed: November 18, 1996
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