FIX: Status Bar Message Does Not Refresh Properly (141723)


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 Q141723

SYMPTOMS

While using Microsoft Visual FoxPro with the Status Bar set ON (default), you may notice that the Status Bar message fails to update correctly. It may display messages associated with the Standard Toolbar through the entire session

WORKAROUND

If this should occur, it is possible to force the message to refresh by typing the following command into the Command window:

SET STATUS BAR ON

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start Visual FoxPro. If the Status Bar is not visible as the bottom border of the main Visual FoxPro window, it must be set on by typing the following command in the Command window:

    SET STATUS BAR ON

  2. If the Standard Toolbar (which contains the Run exclamation point tool) is not visible, it must be set on. (On the View menu, click Toolbars, and select Standard from the list of toolbars.
  3. On the File menu, click New, and specify Query as the file type. Then click the New File button.
  4. When the Open Table dialog box appears, click Other, and locate the Customer.dbf, which should be here: 
          C:\Vfp\Samples\Data
  5. Within the Query Designer, select all the fields by double-clicking the asterisk (*) in the Customer.dbf.
  6. From the Standard Toolbar, select the Run tool to run the query. The Status Bar will display a message associated with the number of records selected, and then the message will change to "Runs the current form, program, report, or query." No other message associated with the cursor is displayed.
  7. With the browse still open, use the Window menu to activate the Command window and type:

    SET STATUS BAR ON

    Note that the Status Bar message now refers to the Testdata!Query cursor.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/30/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB141723
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