BUG: SDI Form Fails to Get Focus With _Screen.Visible=.F. (187907)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a

This article was previously published under Q187907

SYMPTOMS

Setting the Visible property of the _Screen to .F. in the Load event of a SDI (Single Document Interface) form prevents the form from gaining focus.

RESOLUTION

Place the _Screen.Visible command in the Activate event of the form instead of the Load event.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

If the Debugger is open when the program runs, the SDI form gets focus as expected.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a program that contains the following code and run the program:

Sample Code

   LOCAL aobj[1], xx
   CREATE FORM SDI NOWAIT
   ASELOBJ(aobj,1)
   xx = aobj[1]
   xx.ShowWindow = 2
   xx.Autocenter = .T.
   xx.WriteMethod('Load',[_screen.visible=.f.])
   xx.WriteMethod('Unload',[_screen.visible=.T.])
   KEYBOARD 'Y' CLEAR
   RELEASE WINDOW 'Form Designer'
   DO FORM SDI

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/11/1999
Keywords:	kbbug KB187907