Article ID: 163037
Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
This article was previously published under Q163037
SYMPTOMS
Running a program that instantiates a form containing a label that has properties of Autosize and WordWrap together causes a stack fault.
In Windows 95, the message shows a dialog box with Visual FoxPro as its title saying the following:
The Details button opens a message saying the following:
In Windows NT, the message is in a Dr. Watson dialog box and says the following:
After the error message appears, VFP shuts down.
RESOLUTION
The error does not occur if the label properties include either AutoSize or WordWrap, but not both.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.
MORE INFORMATION
The same error may occur from a label on a form generated by the Form Builder. The workaround in that situation is different. For more information on that form of the problem, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
162253 PRB: Form Builder Form Causes Illegal Operation
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Copy the following code into a program named LabelTest.prg, then run the program:
******************************************************** *- LabelTest.prg *- A program to demonstrate the effect of combining the *- Autosize and WordWrap properties on a label. ******************************************************** PUBLIC x x=CREATEOBJECT("Form") x.AddObject("mylabel","test") x.Visible=.t. DEFINE CLASS test AS label AutoSize = .T. WordWrap = .T. PROCEDURE Init LOCAL lcTest,lcname lcname=THIS.NAME+"A" && Get a unique name THIS.PARENT.ADDOBJECT(lcname,'label') lcTest=lcname WITH THIS.PARENT.&lcTest .AUTOSIZE=THIS.AUTOSIZE .WORDWRAP=THIS.WORDWRAP && Comment this line for success. .VISIBLE=.T. ENDWITH ENDPROC ENDDEFINE
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