BUG: FFCs - _URLComboBox in _internet.vcx Has Trouble with URLs

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The _urlcombobox foundation class that ships with Visual FoxPro 6.0 facilitates navigation to various Internet resources. The _urlcombobox adds the prefix "http://" to any URL that is typed in. Entering a URL other than an http address, such as an ftp address, results in an invalid URL.

STATUS

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

The Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 readme erroneously lists this bug as being fixed. Service Pack 3 did not fix this bug.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Place the following code in a program and run it:




PUBLIC ox
SET CLASSLIB to HOME() + "FFC\_INTERNET.VCX"  
ox=CREATEOBJECT("form1")
ox.Show
DEFINE CLASS form1 AS form
	Height = 87
	Width = 208
	Visible = .T.
	Name = "Form1"
	ADD OBJECT _urlcombobox1 AS _urlcombobox WITH ;
		Left = 0, ;
		Top = 12, ;
		Name = "_urlcombobox1"
	ADD OBJECT command1 AS commandbutton WITH ;
		Top = 48, ;
		Left = 48, ;
		Height = 27, ;
		Width = 84, ;
		Caption = "Navigate", ;
		Name = "Command1"
	PROCEDURE command1.Click
		thisform._urlcombobox1.navigate
	ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE 

2. Enter ftp.microsoft.com into the URLComboBox.



3. Expand the URLComboBox and choose the address typed in step 2.


Notice that http:// has been added to the beginning of the URL.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbVFp600 kbVFp600bug kbFFC kbVS600sp3 kbGrpFox kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug