PRB: F1 Key Does Not CLEAR READ in Visual FoxPro for Windows

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

If a READ command is in effect in FoxPro 2.x for Windows or FoxPro 2.x for MS-DOS at the time the F1 key is pressed, the READ command clears. Otherwise, by default, pressing the F1 key invokes Help. The F1 key doesn't perform a CLEAR READ command in Visual FoxPro for Windows under the same circumstances.

WORKAROUND

You'll need to modify applications written in FoxPro 2.x for Windows or FoxPro 2.x for MS-DOS that depend on the F1 function key to perform a CLEAR READ command to make them do the same thing in Visual FoxPro for Windows.

Use an ON KEY LABEL assignment to force the F1 key to perform a CLEAR READ command. For example, add the following line to the beginning of the program listed in the "More Information" section, and run the program again:

   ON KEY LABEL F1 CLEAR READ

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create and run the following program:

   cMytest="" DEFINE WINDOW test FROM 1,1 TO 10,20 ACTIVATE WINDOW test @ 2,1 GET cMytest SIZE 1,10 READ

2. Press the F1 key, and Help will pop up.