PRB: Timer Event Does Not Fire If Timer Object Is on a Toolbar

ID: Q134309

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

The Timer event of a Timer object on a toolbar does not fire.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. On the FoxPro File menu, click New, and then Class. Then select New

   File from the New dialog box.

2. Type tbrTestbar for the Class Name. Select Toolbar from the Based On

   menu. Type test for the Store In option. Click OK.

3. Select the Timer Object from the Form Controls Toolbar, and then click

   the new toolbar in the Class Designer window to place it on the toolbar.

4. Go to the Properties window. If it is not already visible, use the right

   mouse button to click the new timer object on the toolbar. Then select
   Properties from the menu.

5. Set the Interval property of the Timer to 200.

6. Double-click the Timer event to open the editor for that method. Type

   the following command in the code window:

   WAIT WINDOW "Timer Event fired"

7. On the File menu, click Close to close the Timer event code window.

8. On the File menu, click Close to close the Class Designer. Click Yes

   to save the changes.

9. Type the following code in the Command window to create an instance of

   the toolbar:

   SET CLASSLIB TO test.vcx
   tbrTimer = CREATEOBJECT('tbrTestbar')
   tbrTimer.Show   && to verify you successfully created the Toolbar

The WAIT WINDOW is never displayed because the Timer event is not firing.

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin KBCategory: kbprg kbprb KBSubcategory: FxprgToolbar