FIX: Class Browser Open File History List Truncates File Names (221708)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q221708

SYMPTOMS

File names listed on the Class Browser's History List of previously opened files are truncated when the file name or directory path is long. This also happens in the Component Gallery.

The History List is displayed by right-mouse clicking the Open toolbar button.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Issue the following command in the Visual FoxPro Command window to create a form with a file name that is 120 characters long:
    CREATE FORM REPLICATE("abcdef",20)
  2. Create and open the form, then press the CTRL+W key combination to close and save it.
  3. Open the Class Browser from the Tools menu.
  4. In the Class Browser, click on the Open toolbar button to open the form created above.
  5. Close the Class Browser.
  6. Reopen the Class Browser.
  7. Right-mouse click the Open toolbar button. Note the History List of previously opened files. The name of the form created above should be cut off on the right side.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbMiscTools kbVS600sp3fix KB221708
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