Microsoft KB Archive/111745

= PRB: "Position off Screen" in FoxPro for Macintosh Application =

Article ID: 111745

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q111745



SYMPTOMS
Versions 7.0 and 7.1 of the Macintosh system software ship with TrueType versions of many standard Macintosh fonts. Earlier versions of the system software (6.0.x) include these fonts in bitmap form. The bitmap and TrueType versions of the same font have different fontmetrics, which yield unpredictable results.

For example, if development is done in FoxPro for Macintosh using the TrueType versions of these fonts and the application is subsequently run on a system containing bitmap versions of the fonts, object alignment may not be consistent with what is shown on the development machine, and "Position is off the screen" error messages may occur.



RESOLUTION
To prevent anomalous behavior, machines that will be running the application should have the same type (bitmap or TrueType) of fonts installed as were used during development.



MORE INFORMATION
The current versions of the Macintosh system software contain TrueType versions of these system fonts:   Courier Geneva Helvetica Monaco New York Palatino Times

Additional query words: vFoxMac FoxMac errmsg err msg true type

Keywords: kberrmsg KB111745

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