BUG: Wizard Button Display Problem with KEYCOMP Set to Windows

ID: Q151437

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

When using Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Power Macintosh, a default Command button, by which the Click method is called when the user presses the <RETURN> key), is denoted by a double outline surrounding the Command button.

A problem occurs when using the Form Wizard. The Command buttons generated are not separated far enough to take into consideration the double outline surrounding the button with focus. This is most evident when the Visual FoxPro system variable (KEYCOMP) is set to Windows.


CAUSE

When KEYCOMP is set to Windows, the user is allowed to tab through the Command buttons. While doing so, the focus changes from Command button to Command button and the double, black outline surrounding the active Command button is not entirely visible.

The Form Wizard for Visual FoxPro for Power Macintosh is designed to create Command buttons that are used on a Macintosh. The interface standard for the Macintosh stipulates that the user must click the mouse pointer on a Command button and cannot tab from Command button to Command button. When KEYCOMP is set to Mac, Visual FoxPro adheres to this standard and the user does not see any problem with the Command buttons created by the Form Wizard. When KEYCOMP is set to Windows, the problem appears.


WORKAROUND

There are two ways to work around this problem. Set KEYCOMP to Mac and the problem disappears because Visual FoxPro supports the Macintosh user interface. This option may not be viable for developers wanting to produce a seamless interface from Windows to the Macintosh. These developers should set KEYCOMP to Windows.

In the cases where KEYCOMP must be set to Windows, developers need to modify manually the form created by the Form Wizard. This involves spreading out the Command buttons so there is enough room between them to display the double, black outline.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Set KEYCOMP to Windows.


  2. Start Form Wizard from the menu.


  3. Select a Form Wizard.


  4. Select a table to use, and put one field on the form.


  5. Finish the form and run it.


  6. Tab through the buttons.


Note that only part of the black outline that should surround each command button as it receives focus is visible.

Additional query words: VFoxMac

Keywords : FxtoolWizscreen
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0b
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: December 14, 1999
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