PRB: IME Always Active in Browse Window at VFP Run-Time

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

"Browse IME Control" can be controlled under General Tab, Option Dialog Box of the System menu during development. This option specifies that Visual FoxPro displays an Input Method Editor (IME) when you navigate to a text box in the Browse window, a TextBox control, or a Grid control under Double- Byte Character Set (DBCS) operating system environment. But this option is always enabled during runtime, which means, the IME window is always active when a TextBox control get its focus, regardless whether the content of the text box is double-byte characters or not. In Visual FoxPro 6.0, you may use the new introduced "Set BrowseIME" to determine your desired behavior.

NOTE: By default, "Set BrowseIME" is set to "ON" under Triditional/Simplified Chinese windows, and "OFF" under Korean Windows.

RESOLUTION

1. The TextBox control: Specifies the <Control>.IMEMode property to desired setting of the IME status. 0(Default) - No control, 1 - open IME and 2 - Close IME.



2. TextBox in a Grid control: Specifies IMEStatus() function in Column.Gotfocus event to control the proper setting of the input field. Imestatus(0) turns the IME window off and Imestatus(1) turns the IME back on.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start Visual FoxPro 5.0 or higher under an operating system that supports DBCS.



2. Select Options from the Tool menu.



3. Click the General Tab. Clear the "Browse IME Control" check box.



4. Click Set as Defaults or OK.



5. Write a simple program to browse a table.



6. Build a project containing the program you created into an executable file.



7. Run the .exe file and you will see the IME windows during run time.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbVFp kbVFp500 kbVFp500a kbVFp600 FxenvGeneral
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb