BUG: SKIP Produces Unexpected Results

ID: Q123032

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows version 2.60

SYMPTOMS

When you use the SKIP clause on a BAR of a POPUP, FoxPro for Windows disables the menu choice but still displays the disabled choice and allows the disabled choice to be selected.

RESOLUTION

Use an IF _WINDOWS clause to bracket the code. Then define the POPUP and BARs without the SKIP option.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

The SKIP clause does not work in FoxPro for Windows but does work as documented in FoxPro for MS-DOS. For example, the following code works correctly in FoxPro for MS-DOS but not in FoxPro for Windows:

  DEFINE POPUP CAmenu FROM 5,23 TO 23,53
  DEFINE BAR 1 OF CAmenu PROMPT "          Main Menu"   SKIP
  DEFINE BAR 2 OF CAmenu PROMPT "-----------------------------"   SKIP
  DEFINE BAR 3 OF CAmenu PROMPT "  Application, Inquiry, HSQ"
  ACTIVATE POPUP CAmenu

Code to Reproduce Problem

Run the following code in FoxPro for Windows:

  DEFINE POPUP CAmenu FROM 5,23 TO 23,53
  DEFINE BAR 1 OF CAmenu PROMPT "          Main Menu"   SKIP
  DEFINE BAR 2 OF CAmenu PROMPT "-----------------------------"   SKIP
  DEFINE BAR 3 OF CAmenu PROMPT "  Application, Inquiry, HSQ"
  ACTIVATE POPUP Camenu

  ON SELECTION BAR 1 WAIT WINDOW 'Bar 1'
  ON SELECTION BAR 2 WAIT WINDOW 'Bar 2'
  ON SELECTION BAR 3 WAIT WINDOW 'Bar 3'