PRB: Icons on Controls Have Garbled White Area to Right/Below (162299)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q162299

SYMPTOMS

When you use icons on command buttons, graphical-style checkboxes, or graphical-style radio buttons, a garbled area appears to the right and/or below the icon. The icon looks OK, but to the right and/or below a white area usually appears.

CAUSE

This happens when you use a Windows video driver that is set up to use large fonts.

RESOLUTION

Use a bitmap file instead of an icon file. Bitmap files show up correctly. The other option is to set the video driver to use small fonts.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

The white area to the right and/or below the icon can vary in size and shape. Resizing the object usually changes the shape of the white area. Sometimes the white area has vertical lines in it. Other times, the white area shows up as white horizontal lines to the right and/or below the icon. The same icon file appears properly when it is placed on an object in Visual FoxPro 3.0.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. In Windows 95 or Windows NT, open the Display control panel and click the Settings tab. Make sure that the Font Size is set to Large Fonts. Restart the computer, if necessary, to make this change take effect. Typically, the video resolution needs to be set to at least 600x800 for the font size option to be available.
  2. In Visual FoxPro, create a new form.
  3. Place a command button on the new form.
  4. Set the Caption property of the command button to blank (nothing).
  5. Set the Picture property of the command button to an icon file. Some good icon files to use can be found in the HOME() + Samples\Graphics\Icons directory.
  6. Resize the button as necessary to see the white area.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/5/2000
Keywords:kbenv KB162299
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