Microsoft KB Archive/134881

= FIX: WAIT WINDOW AT Clause Puts WAIT WINDOW on Windows Desktop =

Article ID: 134881

Article Last Modified on 5/7/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a

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This article was previously published under Q134881



SYMPTOMS
Contrary to the information in the Help file, the WAIT WINDOW AT nRow,nCol clause introduced in Visual FoxPro for Windows places a WAIT WINDOW at the specified position on the Windows desktop, not in the main Visual FoxPro window.

The Help file specifies that the AT clause determines the position of the WAIT WINDOW in the following manner: AT nRow, nColumn

Specifies the position of the message window on the main Visual FoxPro window.



WORKAROUND
Specify the position of the WAIT WINDOW AT with respect to the Windows global desktop row and column positions rather than the main Visual FoxPro window.

A general pattern for one solution to the problem of determining the value of the AT coordinates is shown in the following example. Remember that this is only one example. The correct solution in your case will depend on font, screen resolution, and scalemode.

Assuming Visual FoxPro is maximized, the main screen's fontname is Arial, the fontsize is 10, and fontbold is false (.f.), here's an example AT clause: _SCREEN.FONTBOLD=.F.  _SCREEN.FONTSIZE=10 _SCREEN.FONTNAME="ARIAL" WAIT WINDOW "Hello" AT _SCREEN.TOP+8.25,_SCREEN.LEFT+4



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



Steps to Reproduce Problem
In the Visual FoxPro Command window, enter this command: WAIT WINDOW AT 0,0 "Hello World" Observe that the resulting WAIT WINDOW appears at the upper-left corner of the Windows display area.

Additional query words: kbvfp600fix

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