PRB: @ ... GET Invisible Buttons Do Not Highlight @ ... SAYs

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a

SYMPTOMS

An @ ... GET invisible button command does not highlight an @ ... SAY field in FoxPro versions 2.5 and 2.5a for Windows.

On page L3-62 of the "Language Reference" manual, the "Description" section of the @ ... GET - Invisible Buttons command mentions that if an invisible button is placed on top of an @ ... SAY field and the invisible button is the current object, the @ ... SAY field will be highlighted. However, in FoxPro 2.5 and 2.5a for Windows, the @ ... SAY field is not highlighted.

STATUS

This behavior is by design. The documentation is incorrect.

MORE INFORMATION

The following code demonstrates this behavior in both FoxPro for MS-DOS and FoxPro for Windows:

   CLEAR
   @ 2,2 SAY "One  "
   @ 3,2 SAY "Two  "
   @ 4,2 SAY "Three"
   @ 5,2 SAY "Four "
   @ 6,2 SAY "Five "
   @ 2,2 GET x DEFAULT 0 PICTURE "@*IV ;;;;" SIZE 1,5,0
   READ CYCLE