PRB: BorderStyle Property May Prevent Taskbar from Appearing (290708)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
This article was previously published under Q290708

SYMPTOMS

The Windows taskbar has the Always on Top and AutoHide properties set on. When a Visual FoxPro top-level form is maximized and the BorderSyle property has any value other than 3-Sizable, the Windows taskbar may not appear when the mouse moves over the edge of the form.

RESOLUTION

Set the BorderStyle property to 3-Sizable.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. On Windows 2000 and Windows Me, set the Windows taskbar properties to Always on Top and Auto Hide.
  2. Place the following code in a program and then run it:
    PUBLIC Y
Y=CREATEOBJECT("formtest")
Y.SHOW
RETURN
DEFINE CLASS formtest AS FORM
	CAPTION = "Form1"
	SHOWWINDOW = 2
	BORDERSTYLE = 0
** A BorderStyle of 1 or 2 also fails.
** Change BorderStyle to 3 and it works.
        MAXBUTTON = .F.
        CLOSABLE = .F.
        WINDOWSTATE = 2
	VISIBLE=.T.
	HEIGHT=200
	WIDTH=375
	ADD OBJECT extbtn AS COMMANDBUTTON WITH ;
		HEIGHT = 24, ;
		LEFT = 72, ;
		TOP = 48, ;
		WIDTH = 108, ;
		CAPTION = "Exit"
	VISIBLE=.T.

	PROCEDURE extbtn.CLICK
	THISFORM.RELEASE
ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE
  3. After the form appears, move the mouse over the bottom edge of the form. Note that the taskbar does not appear.
  4. Open the program and change the BorderStyle property of the form to either 1 or 2. Run the code and perform step 3 again. Again, the taskbar does not appear.
  5. Open the program and change the BorderStyle property of the form to 3. Run the code and perform step 3 again. The taskbar now appears.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2004
Keywords:kbCodeSnippet kbContainer kbCtrl kbpending kbprb KB290708
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