Microsoft KB Archive/109610

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ID: Q109610

2.50 2.50a 2.50b 3.00| 2.50b

WINDOWS             | MACINTOSH kbprb The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
 * Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
 * Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b

SYMPTOMS
If a memo field is opened within a program using the MODIFY MEMO command with the NOWAIT clause, the spelling checker can be used to update the spelling of words within the memo field. But before the updated contents of that memo field can be used to update a memory variable, the window opened with the MODIFY MEMO command must be released. This situation normally occurs when the SCATTER MEMVAR MEMO command is used with GET fields in a screen.

MORE INFORMATION
In addition to memo fields, the spelling checker can be used to check the spelling of other text files.

Steps to Reproduce Problem
The following sample program can be used to illustrate the problem. It uses the SALESMAN database that is found in the TUTORIAL subdirectory.

CLEAR CLEAR ALL USE salesman SCATTER MEMVAR MEMO BLANK button=0 STORE "Delete this and type something that is misspelled" TO ; m.notes

@ 0.077,0.000 SAY "Salesman" ; FONT "MS Sans Serif",8 ; STYLE "BT" @ 0.077,12.400 GET m.salesman ; SIZE 1.000,4.400 ; DEFAULT "" ; FONT "MS Sans Serif",8 ; PICTURE "@K" @ 2.231,0.000 SAY "Notes" ; FONT "MS Sans Serif",8 ; STYLE "BT" @ 2.231,12.400 EDIT m.notes ; SIZE 3.000,25.000,0.000 ; PICTURE "@K" ; DEFAULT "" ; FONT "MS Sans Serif",8 ; SCROLL STYLE "BT" @ 2.769,69.600 GET button ; PICTURE "@*VN Quit;Spell" ; SIZE 1.769,6.833,0.308 ; DEFAULT 1 ; FONT "MS Sans Serif",8 ; STYLE "BT" VALID butval READ CYCLE

SELECT salesman USE CLEAR ALL CLEAR

FUNCTION butval DO CASE CASE button=1 CLEAR READ CASE button=2 CREATE TABLE vnote (result m)            INSERT INTO vnote (result) VALUES (m.notes) MODIFY MEMO vnote.result NOWAIT DO (_spellchk) STORE vnote.result TO m.notes SHOW GETS WAIT WINDOW "The memo field is not updated" RELEASE WINDOW vnote.result STORE vnote.result TO m.notes SHOW GETS WAIT WINDOW "Now the memo field variable is updated" ENDCASE The spelling corrections in the above program will be seen in the window named VNOTE.RESULT but not in the edit field into which the misspelled words were originally typed until the VNOTE.RESULT window is released. This behavior is necessary so that the memory variable can be updated. Since the memo is being edited NOWAIT, the editing window must be released before the VNOTE.RESULT field in the temporary table, VNOTE, is updated. The memo field needs to be edited NOWAIT so that program execution can proceed and check the spelling of the memo.