PRB: IME Always Active in Browse Window at VFP5 Runtime

 Last reviewed: July 14, 1997
Article ID: Q166384
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

"Browse IME Control" can be controlled under General Tab, Option Dialog Box of the System menu during development. This option specifies that Visual FoxPro displays an Input Method Editor (IME) when you navigate to a text box in the Browse window, a TextBox control, or a Grid control under Double- Byte Character Set (DBCS) operating system environment. But this option is always enabled during runtime, which means, the IME window is always active when a TextBox control get its focus, regardless whether the content of the text box is double-byte characters or not.

RESOLUTION

  1. The TextBox control: Specifies the <Control>.IMEMode property to desired setting of the IME status. 0(Default) - No control, 1 - open IME and 2 - Close IME.

  2. TextBox in a Grid control: Specifies IMEStatus() function in Column.Gotfocus event to control the proper setting of the input field. Imestatus(0) turns the IME window off and Imestatus(1) turns the IME back on.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start Visual FoxPro 5.0 under an operating system that supports DBCS.

  2. Select Options from the Tool menu.

  3. Click the General Tab. Clear the "Browse IME Control" check box.

  4. Click Set as Defaults or OK.

  5. Write a simple program to browse a table.

  6. Build a project containing the program you created into an executable file.

  7. Run the .exe file and you will see the IME windows during run time.

Keywords : FxenvGeneral kbenv vfoxwin
Version : 5.0 5.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: July 14, 1997
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