Microsoft KB Archive/185261

= PRB: Grid Record Pointer Display Problem Using Down Arrow =

Article ID: 185261

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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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 Q185261



SYMPTOMS
When scrolling through a grid rapidly, using the Down Arrow key, the record pointer disappears. This makes it very difficult to select a row while scrolling.



RESOLUTION
A workaround to this behavior is to SET TYPEAHEAD to 0 before running the form by using the following command: SET TYPEAHEAD TO 0



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Create a new form, and add the Orders.dbf, located in the sample database ("..\VFP\SAMPLES\DATA\TestData"), into the data environment.
 * 2) Drag and drop the table from the data environment onto the form to create a grid.
 * 3) Make both the form and the grid as tall as the design area allows, so that you may see the most records.
 * 4) Run the form.
 * 5) Note which record is in the middle of the grid display, for instance, say the tenth record out of twenty that appear in the grid.
 * 6) Press and hold the keyboard Down Arrow key.

Note that the record pointer jumps to the bottom of the grid display before you can stop the record pointer at the tenth record.

