BUG: Edit Region with Three Lines Doesn't Have Scroll Bar

ID: Q110526

2.50b 2.6a 3.00b MACINTOSH kbdisplay

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.6a
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

When you create an edit region on a FoxPro for Macintosh screen, the scroll bar doesn't appear even though the SCROLL clause is included and the SIZE clause of the @ ... EDIT command makes the edit region three lines tall. (In FoxPro for Windows, an edit region will have a scroll bar if the edit region is three or more lines tall.)

CAUSE

This behavior is caused by differences between the Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, change the SIZE clause so that it makes the @ ... EDIT region at least five lines tall. The scroll bar will now appear.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro version 2.5b for Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

The following sample program demonstrates edit regions that have and do not have a scroll bar even though the SCROLL clause is included on the @ ... EDIT command. This program uses the SALESMAN database that is in the FOXPRO:TUTORIAL subfolder.

   USE salesman
   DEFINE WINDOW test AT 0,0 SIZE 15.000,63.000 ;
      TITLE "Salesman" FONT "Geneva", 13 FLOAT CLOSE
   SCATTER MEMO MEMVAR
   ACTIVATE WINDOW test NOSHOW
   @ 3.125,1.750 EDIT m.notes SIZE 4.000,83.400,0.000 ;
      FUNCTION "@2K" DEFAULT "" FONT "Geneva",9 SCROLL
   @ 6.938,1.875 EDIT m.notes SIZE 5.000,83.000,0.000 ;
      FUNCTION "@2K" DEFAULT "" FONT "Geneva",9 SCROLL
   ACTIVATE WINDOW test
   READ CYCLE
   RELEASE WINDOW test

The first EDIT region in the above program will have no scroll bar, but the second EDIT region will have a scroll bar. Note that the scroll bar will be disabled unless there are more than five lines of text in the edit region.

REFERENCES

"Language Reference," version 2.5, pages 46, 135-142, 159-163, 362-368, 625- 626, 649, 678-679, 884

Additional reference words: VFoxMac 3.00b FoxMac 2.50b 2.60a scrollbar buglist2.50b buglist2.60a buglist3.00b KBCategory: kbdisplay KBSubcategory:

Keywords          : kbcode
Version           : 2.50b 2.6a 3.00b
Platform          : MACINTOSH