Microsoft KB Archive/121731

BUG: Popup & Label Move Out of Position on FoxFont Screens PSS ID Number: Q121731 Article last modified on 11-08-1994 PSS database name: FOXPRO

2.5x 2.60 2.60a WINDOWS

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5x, 2.6, 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

If you create a screen using FoxFont as the screen font and place a popup and its associated label on a single line that is also defined with the FoxFont font, the popup and its associated label move out of alignment. This behavior does not appear to occur with any other objects.

RESOLUTION

If you must use FoxFont as the screen font, position the popup higher than the rest of the line. In some cases, moving the text label itself higher or lower will work. Alternatively, make the screen font “MS Sans Serif,” a standard Windows font.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. From the FoxPro menu, choose File, New and select the Screen radio button. Press the “New” button.
2. Choose Screen, Ruler/Grid and set the ruler to pixels. Grid size, in pixels, is 12 horizontal and 12 vertical.
3. In the Screen, Layout menu:
   • Choose the Font button. Select FoxFont and type 12 for the point size. Click OK.
   • For the screen size, type 467 for the width and 134 for the height. All values are in pixels.
4. Click the A text button and on the left side of the screen type the word Hello. Using the pointer tool, select that object and then choose Object, Font from the FoxPro menu. Choose FoxFont and type 12 in the size box. Click OK.
5. Click on the AB field tool. Drag out a box immediately to the right of the Hello text label. In the Field dialog box (to the right of the Input button), type the name “m.junk” (without the quotation marks). Click OK.
6. Place a text label that says “Popup” to the right of the GET field. Repeat step 4.
7. Click the Popup tool button. Drop a popup to the right of the second text label. In the box labeled “Popup prompts,” type One. On the next line, type Two. In the box to the right of the Variable button, type Popval. Click OK.

At this point, all four objects should be on the same line or close to the same line horizontally. From the FoxPro menu, choose Program, Generate. Click the Yes button when it asks you if you want to save your changes. In the Save As dialog box, type Test without the file extension. When done, click the Save button. FoxPro will generate the code. In the command window, type “DO TEST.SPR” and press ENTER. You should see objects one through three on a single line. The last object, the popup, will be positioned partway down on another line.

Additional reference words: FoxWin FoxFont Popup Position Screen KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist KBSubcategory:

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