BUG: FxAlert() Function Does Not Appear Centered

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

The default position of the FxAlert() function does not appeared centered horizontally when invoked in Visual FoxPro 3.0b for the Macintosh. When compared with FoxPro 2.6a for the Macintosh, the FxAlert() function appears much closer to the left-hand corner of the Visual FoxPro desktop after assigning the nHorizontal and nVertical parameters the negative one (-1) value.

In FoxPro for the Macintosh 2.6a, the dialog appears centered horizontally.

RESOLUTION

Use the Visual FoxPro MESSAGEBOX() function.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

The FxAlert() function topic in the FoxTools Help file, located in the Microsoft Visual FoxPro\Tools folder, states:

   Use a value of -1 for either nHorizontal or nVertical to accept
   the default position.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In the Visual FoxPro for the Macintosh Command window, issue the following commands:

         SET LIBRARY TO HOME()+"FoxTools.cfm"
         =FxAlert(1,257,-1,-1,"Hello")
   

2. Note that the Alert box is not centered horizontally.

3. If you have FoxPro 2.6a for the Macintosh, the FxAlert() syntax remains the same. However, change the line:

         SET LIBRARY TO HOME()+"FoxTools.cfm"
   

         -to-
   

         SET LIBRARY TO GETFILE()
   

   Navigate to the System\Extensions folder and open the FoxTools.mlb file.

4. Note that in FoxPro for the Macintosh 2.6a, the Alert dialog is centered horizontally.