Microsoft KB Archive/221705

= FIX: FFCs - _URLComboBox in _internet.vcx Large Drop Down Issue =

Article ID: 221705

Article Last Modified on 5/20/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q221705



SYMPTOMS
In Visual FoxPro 6.0, using the _URLCombobox foundation class with a very long name causes the drop-down list of the combobox to be cut off on the left side of the screen.



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



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Create a form. Add the _URLCombobox class in the _internet.vcx onto the form. _internet.vcx is in the ..\FFC subdirectory of the Visual FoxPro directory. Add a command button to the form.  In the Click event of the command button, put in the following code: Thisform._URLCombobox1.navigate  Save and run the form.  In the combo box, type in the following long URL name: http://search.support.microsoft.com/searchbin/kb/search.idq? D=Support&A=T&T=B&SG=&S=F&SD=SO&T1=&FR=0&DU=C&Sz=use+and+offline+ and+ado+and+recordsets+and+visual+and+foxpro&O=How+to+use+Offline+ ADO+Recordsets+in+Visual+FoxPro </li> Once the URL is typed into the combo box, click the command button to launch Internet Explorer to navigate to the site listed above.</li> Once you get to the site, close down Internet Explorer and go back to the form.</li> Now, click on the drop-down list of the combo box.

Note that the long URL name in the dropdown list is cut off on the left side of the screen.</li></ol>

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbffc kboop kbvs600sp3fix KB221705

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