Article ID: 173880
Article Last Modified on 12/11/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q173880
SYMPTOMS
The Page Up and Page Down keys in Visual FoxPro 5.0x no longer clear a READ MODAL command. These keys do clear READ MODAL commands in Visual FoxPro 3.0 and 3.0b and in FoxPro 2.x versions. The Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys clear the READ MODAL as in the earlier versions.
RESOLUTION
Use an ON KEY LABEL command to trap for a Page Up or Page Down key, and then issue a CLEAR READ. For example:
ON KEY LABEL pgdn CLEAR READ && or pgup to trap for the Page Up key
x=" "
@ 2,2 SAY "This is a test " GET x
READ MODAL
ON KEY LABEL pgdn && or pgup
Upgrading to Visual FoxPro Service Pack 2 does not fix this problem.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Create a program called Test.prg containing the follow code:
x=" " @ 2,2 SAY "This is a test " GET x READ MODAL- After running the program, press the Page Down or Page Up keys. The READ is not cleared. In Visual FoxPro 3.0, 3.0b and FoxPro 2.x, both the Page Up and Page Down keys clear the READ MODAL command.
Additional query words: READ MODAL clear page up down
Keywords: kbnofix kbprb KB173880
