PRB: SHOW WINDOW ALL May Cause Empty Browse Window to Appear

ID: Q135914

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Under certain conditions, using the SHOW WINDOW ALL command to display a previously established and populated Browse window, may cause the Browse window to reappear with no data in the headers or cells.

CAUSE

This occurs if you set the Browse window's Visible property to false (.F.) before using the SHOW WINDOW ALL command.

RESOLUTION

Set the Browse window's Visible property to true (.T.) to redisplay the correct contents of the headers and cells.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open any table into the active work area.

2. Type the BROWSE NAME TEST command in the Command window, and press

   ENTER. This brings up a Browse window with an Object name of Test
   that displays the contents of the table opened in step 1.

3. Type the TEST.VISIBLE = .F. command in the Command window, and press

   ENTER. This sets the Visible property of the Browse window to false,
   causing it to disappear.

4. Type SHOW WINDOW ALL in the Command window, and press ENTER. Note that

   the Browse window reappears but does not contain any data in either the
   header or the cells.

5. Type TEST.VISIBLE = .T. in the Command window and press ENTER. Note

   that the Browse window now contains the expected values.

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