FIX: MODIFY MEMO Command Ignores IN WINDOW Clause

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Visual FoxPro 5.0 ignores the IN WINDOW clause of the MODIFY MEMO command. The memo's window appears outside the parent window. Visual FoxPro 3.0b and FoxPro 2.x respect this clause. In those versions, the memo window appears within the parent window.

RESOLUTION

The MODIFY FILE... IN WINDOW command functions properly. Use the COPY MEMO command to place the contents of the memo field into a text file. Then display the text file with the MODIFY FILE command.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0a.

MORE INFORMATION

The following program illiterates this behavior.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a program containing the following code:

   IF 'Visual'$VERS()

         USE HOME() + 'samples\data\employee'
   

   ELSE

         USE HOME() + 'tutorial\salesman'
   

   ENDIF DEFINE WINDOW Test FROM 1,1 TO 25, 70 ;

       SYSTEM FLOAT GROW CLOSE Title "Test"
   

   ACTIVATE WINDOW Test MODIFY MEMO notes IN WINDOW Test USE

2. Run the program. Notice the window containing the memo appears outside the window called Test.