FIX: Modal Characteristics Gone After Selecting OS's Taskbar (192787)


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 Q192787

SYMPTOMS

Clicking on the operating system's taskbar for any reason after running a modal form from another form allows the focus to return to the first form. Because the second form is modal, focus should not return to the first form. The forms must have the Desktop property set to True before this will occur.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Clicking on the Start button of the operating system's taskbar and starting another program would be the most common reason for leaving the FoxPro screen and then returning to find that focus can be set to the first form. After the first form receives focus, no object in the form can be accessed. Clicking on the second form will reactivate its modal characteristics.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create two forms, the first called Myform1 and the second called Myform2.
  2. Add a CommandButton to Myform1 and place the code DO FORM Myform2 in the Click event.
  3. Change the Desktop property of both forms to True.
  4. Change the WindowType property to 1 - Modal in Myform2, and change the AutoCenter property to True for convenience.
  5. Run the Myform1 and click on the CommandButton. After Myform2 comes up, click on the operating system's taskbar, and then click back to Myform1, which will receive focus, but you cannot select any objects. Only after clicking on Myform2 will Myform2's modal characteristics take effect again.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/11/1999
Keywords:kbbug KB192787
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