FIX: Pageframe.Addobject() to a New Page Disables Mouse (141628)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0b
This article was previously published under Q141628

SYMPTOMS

The Mouse cannot be used to select Textbox objects on a PageFrame's Page if the page and text box were added to the pageframe programatically at run time.

WORKAROUND

Add the following command to the command button's Click event after the text box has been added: 
   THISFORM.PAGEFRAME<#>.PAGE<#>.REFRESH

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Create a new form, and place a Pageframe on it.
  2. Add a command button to the form, and place the following code in its Click event: 
       THISFORM.Pageframe1.Pagecount=3
   WITH THISFORM.Pageframe1.Page3
    .Addobject('TEXT1','TEXTBOX')
    .Addobject('TEXT2','TEXTBOX')
   ENDWITH

   WITH Thisform.Pageframe1.Page3.text1
    .top=5
    .width=80
    .left=5
    .height=20
    .visible=.t.
    .Controlsource='lctext1'
   ENDWITH

   WITH Thisform.Pageframe1.Page3.text2
    .top=30
    .width=80
    .left=5
    .height=20
    .visible=.t.
    .Controlsource='lctext2'
   ENDWITH

   * THISFORM.PAGEFRAME1.PAGE3.REFRESH  && add this line and mouse will
   * work properly
  3. Run the form, and select Page 3. Note that you cannot use the mouse to select the text box.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/30/2003
Keywords:kbBug kbfix kbvfp500fix KB141628
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