PRB: Problems Trying to Resize the MonthView Control

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

After dropping the MonthView ActiveX control onto a form, the control resizes itself after losing focus. Only part of the control is visible either in design mode or at run-time. Trying to resize the MonthView ActiveX control by dragging the control's handles results in the control snapping to a certain size, and any other attempts appear to have no effect at all in resizing the control. Changing the Height and Width properties also appear to have no effect after resizing the control once. When the form runs, the border around the MonthView ActiveX control appears resized but the size of the control remains the same.

RESOLUTION

You should resize the MonthView ActiveX control using only the Font.Size property.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Normally, when resizing a control located on a form at design-time, you would click on the control and drag one of the handles or change the Height and Width properties to resize it. Doing this to the MonthView ActiveX control results in resizing the border around the control. Of course, the Appearance property of the MonthView ActiveX control must be set to "3D," which is the default.

After resizing the MonthView control once, any attempts to resize the control again have no effect because the size of the control or its border do not change visually while in design mode. If the form is run, then the border of the MonthView ActiveX control will be resized, either covering part of the control or being expanded to an area larger than the control, depending on which way it was resized. Use the Font.Size property to resize the control. You can change the Font.Size property at design-time or during run-time.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a form and add the MonthView ActiveX control to it by clicking the ActiveX Control (OleControl) icon on the Form Controls toolbar and dropping it on the form.



2. In the Insert Object dialog box, select the Create Control button, then scroll down the Object Type list box and choose the Microsoft MonthView control.



3. Click the form to make the MonthView ActiveX control lose focus and note that the control changes size and only part of the control can now be seen.



4. Grab the lower-right handle on the MonthView ActiveX control and drag it down and to the right. Note that the control resizes once and any other attempts to resize it seem to have no effect. Run the form and observe that the border may be larger than the control itself depending on how far the handle was dragged.



5. Modify the form, drop a spinner control onto the form, and then add the following code to the respective events:
   
   Spinner Init event:

   
            This.Value = ThisForm.OleControl1.Object.Font.Size 

   Spinner InterActiveChange Event:

   
            ThisForm.OleControl1.Object.Font.Size = This.Value 




6. Run the form and change the value in the spinner. Note that the MonthView ActiveX control changes its size according to the value of the spinner.

Additional query words: FxinteropOcx vfoxwin FxtoolFormdes kbvfp600

Keywords : FxinteropOcx FxtoolFormdes
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb