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BUG: Run-Time Changes to the Grid Not Saved Correctly

Article ID: 134251

Article Last Modified on 5/7/2003

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
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q134251

SYMPTOMS

The AddColumn method allows a column to be added to a grid at runtime. However, if a column is added between two existing columns and the form is saved using the Thisform.Saveas method, the column order of the grid is not saved correctly. Altough, at runtime the column appears in the correct order. The column added between the existing columns becomes the last column on the grid when the saved screen is modified.

WORKAROUND

Use this command:

   Thisform.<gridname>.column(n).colunmnorder = <number>

Here <number> is the column position you want the newly created column to be. Issue this command after you have inserted the column and before using the ThisForm.SaveAs command.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. 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 Behavior

Create a new form called x.
In the data environment, add any table.
Drag the table from the data environment to the form to create a grid on the form. Set the Name property of the Grid to Grid1.
Save the form.

Create a program called Testobj.prg, and add this code:

      set safety off
      do form x
      x.grid1.name='mygrid'    && change the default grid name to "mygrid"
      x.mygrid.columncount=2     && dimension the column count to 2
      x.mygrid.column1.width=8
      x.mygrid.addcolumn(2)    && add a new column between existing columns
      x.mygrid.column3.header1.name='HdrItem' && change the header name
      x.mygrid.column3.name='colItem'         && change the column name
      x.mygrid.colItem.hdrItem.caption='Item' && change the caption name
      x.saveas('y')                           && save the Form as "y"
      modify form y

Run the program. When the program is running, observe the difference between the grid column order of the running form (x) and the modified form (y). The running form contains the new column (ColItem) in the correct order as required by the program, but the modified form does not.

Example Workaround

To correct the problem, add the following line of code to Testobj.prg before the x.savas('y') command. Then run the program again.

   x.mygrid.colItem.columnorder = 2

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