BUG: MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN Does Not Reset BackColor Property (156235)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q156235

SYMPTOMS

Using the MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN command to reset the value of the BackColor property of the _SCREEN system variable does not work.

WORKAROUND

You can work around this by issuing the following command: 
   _SCREEN.ResetToDefault('BackColor')

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

According to the Help file in Visual FoxPro 5.0, to return the main Visual FoxPro window to its startup configuration, issue the MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN command without any additional clauses. When you do so, it visually resets the _SCREEN BackColor property to the startup color, which is white, but the value of the BackColor property still has the previous value.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

In the Command window, issue the following commands: 
   _SCREEN.BackColor = RGB(192,192,192)
   ? _SCREEN.BackColor    && The value of BackColor is 12632256.
   MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN
   ? _SCREEN.BackColor
_SCREEN.BackColor changes to white visually, but the value of the BackColor property is still 12632256.

Now issue these commands in the Command window: 
   _SCREEN.ResetToDefault('BackColor')
   ? _SCREEN.BackColor
The BackColor property is now 16777215 (which is white).
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/16/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbProgramming kbui KB156235
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