PRB: Messages May Not Appear in Status Bar

ID: Q135725

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Messages defined for individual menu items in a user-defined menu disappear when the main desktop window is resized and the SET STATUS ON command is issued.

CAUSE

The SET STATUS ON command creates a character-based status bar. By default, messages are displayed in the center of the screen underneath the status bar. This character-based status bar does not resize itself proportionately to the desktop window; consequently, the message is placed in a location outside the resized desktop coordinates (position).

RESOLUTION

Instead of using SET STATUS ON, use the SET STATUS BAR ON command. This creates a graphical status bar display that resizes itself accurately as the desktop window is resized.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a simple user-defined menu with the menu generator, and define

   messages for several menu options.

3. From the Command window, issue the SET STATUS ON command. The default

   status bar will be replaced with a character-based status bar.

   DO x.mpr

   in the center of the screen under the status bar.

7. Select a menu option with a defined message. The message will no longer

   be visible.

   visible again, so you select those menu items.

   The messages will appear in the same position regardless of the size of
   the desktop window.