FIX: Modal Form Fails to Close with Focus on Check Box

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

With the focus on a check box in a modal form, the form does not close, although code to close the form has been executed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Place and run the following code in a program called Boxfocus.prg

   
         * Begin boxfocus.prg
         PUBLIC oform1
   
         oForm1=CREATEOBJECT("Form1")
         oForm1.SHOW
         RETURN
   
         *-- ParentClass:  form
         *-- BaseClass:    form
   
         DEFINE CLASS Form1 AS form
            DoCreate = .T.
            Caption = "Form1"
            WindowType = 1
            Name = "Form1"
   
            ADD OBJECT Check1 AS checkbox WITH ;
                Top = 84, ;
                Left = 36, ;
                Caption = "Check1", ;
                TabIndex = 2, ;
                Name = "Check1"
   
            ADD OBJECT Command1 AS commandbutton WITH ;
                Top = 134, ;
                Left = 68, ;
                Caption = "Command1", ;
                Default = .T., ;
                TabIndex = 4, ;
                Name = "Command1"
   
            ADD OBJECT Text1 AS textbox WITH ;
                Left = 132, ;
                TabIndex = 3, ;
                Top = 84, ;
                Name = "Text1"
   
            ADD OBJECT Label1 AS label WITH ;
                AutoSize = .T., ;
                Caption = "Press [CTRL+ENTER] on check box and " + ;
                  "form will not close", ;
                Left = 36, ;
                Top = 12, ;
                TabIndex = 1, ;
                Name = "Label1"
   
            ADD OBJECT Label2 AS label WITH ;
                AutoSize = .T., ;
                Caption = "Press [CTRL+ENTER] on textbox and " + ;
                  "form will dismiss", ;
                Left = 36, ;
                Top = 36, ;
                TabIndex = 1, ;
                Name = "Label2"
   
            PROCEDURE Unload
                RETURN 5
            ENDPROC
   
            PROCEDURE Command1.Click
                RELEASE THISFORM
            ENDPROC
   
        ENDDEFINE
   
        * EndDefine: form1
   
        * End code for boxfocus.prg 




2. With the focus on the check box, execute a CTRL+ENTER key combination.
   
   NOTE: The program ends, but the form is still on the screen.



3. Run Boxfocus.prg again and execute a CTRL+ENTER key combination with the focus on the text box.
   
   NOTE: The form disappears as the program ends.

Additional query words: kbvfp600fix

Keywords : kbprg kbVFp kbVFp300bbug kbVFp500abug kbVFp500bug FxprgGeneral
Version : 5.0a 3.0b 5.00
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug