BUG: SET MESSAGE WINDOW Command Not Working Correctly (108609)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5b
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.0
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.5
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.5a
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.5b
This article was previously published under Q108609 SYMPTOMS
The SET MESSAGE WINDOW [<window name>] command does not work as expected.
This command is supposed to let you specify where to display messages
created with the WAIT, @ ... PROMPT, DEFINE BAR, DEFINE MENU, DEFINE PAD,
and DEFINE POPUP commands. It cannot be used to control the placement of a
WAIT WINDOW.
The following program demonstrates the intended usage of the SET MESSAGE
WINDOW command:
DEFINE WINDOW X FROM 20,20 TO 23,65
ACTIVATE WINDOW X
SET MESSAGE WINDOW X
WAIT 'Check out the location of this message!'
RELEASE WINDOW x
CLEAR
SET MESSAGE WINDOW && Resets SET MESSAGE WINDOW to the default
WAIT 'Now look where the message appears by default'
However, if you eliminate both SET MESSAGE WINDOW lines from this code
sample, the program performs no differently.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/16/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbBug KB108609 |
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