FIX: Window Text Clears After Multiple ZOOM WINDOW Commands

ID: Q105121

2.50 WINDOWS kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.5

SYMPTOMS

Executing multiple ZOOM WINDOW commands on a window can clear the text in that window.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro 2.5 for Windows. This problem was corrected in FoxPro 2.5a for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Issue the following code:

   DEFINE WINDOW test FROM 2, 5 TO 9, 40
   ACTIVATE WINDOW test
   @ 1, 2 SAY "This is a line of text."
   ZOOM WINDOW test MIN
   ZOOM WINDOW test MAX
   ZOOM WINDOW test NORM
   ZOOM WINDOW test MIN
   ZOOM WINDOW test MAX
   ZOOM WINDOW test MIN
   ZOOM WINDOW test NORM

The test window contains no text after the last line executes.

Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.50 buglist2.50 fixlist2.50a blank empty disappears KBCategory: kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral Solution Type : kbfix

Last Reviewed: October 14, 1997