PRB: F1 Key Does Not CLEAR READ in Visual FoxPro for Windows (149402)


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 Q149402

SYMPTOMS

If a READ command is in effect in FoxPro 2.x for Windows or FoxPro 2.x for MS-DOS at the time the F1 key is pressed, the READ command clears. Otherwise, by default, pressing the F1 key invokes Help. The F1 key doesn't perform a CLEAR READ command in Visual FoxPro for Windows under the same circumstances.

WORKAROUND

You'll need to modify applications written in FoxPro 2.x for Windows or FoxPro 2.x for MS-DOS that depend on the F1 function key to perform a CLEAR READ command to make them do the same thing in Visual FoxPro for Windows.

Use an ON KEY LABEL assignment to force the F1 key to perform a CLEAR READ command. For example, add the following line to the beginning of the program listed in the "More Information" section, and run the program again: 
   ON KEY LABEL F1 CLEAR READ

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create and run the following program: 
       cMytest=""
   DEFINE WINDOW test FROM 1,1 TO 10,20
   ACTIVATE WINDOW test
   @ 2,1 GET cMytest SIZE 1,10
   READ
  2. Press the F1 key, and Help will pop up.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/30/2003
Keywords:KB149402
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