DOCUMENT:Q303831  24-JAN-2002  [foxpro]
TITLE   :FIX: ScrollBars on EditBox Control Do Not Show in Compiled .exe
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER::7.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbContainer kbCtrl kbvfp kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbvfp700

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Forms that contain EditBox controls do not display the vertical scrollbar when
they are run in an application using the Visual FoxPro run-time libraries. Users
can still scroll the EditBox control by using the keyboard.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

The individual update is available from the following Microsoft Developer Network
(MSDN) Web site:

   http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/updates.asp

This update contains new versions of the Visual FoxPro run-time libraries, as
well as an updated Visual FoxPro run-time merge module (used for redistribution
of custom applications). This issue only applies to the run-time versions of
Visual FoxPro that ship with the English product.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION
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This issue does not occur on forms that contain EditBox controls when the forms
are run under the full development version of Visual FoxPro (VFP7.exe).

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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Paste the following code in a .prg file, then run the code:

   TEXT TO temp NOSHOW
   ON SHUTDOWN quit
   oform=CREATEOBJECT("Form1")
   oform.show()
   READ events
   DEFINE CLASS form1 as Form
   ADD OBJECT edit1 as editbox WITH visible=.t.,scrollbars=2
   PROCEDURE show
   this.Width=thisform.edit1.width
   this.Height=thisform.edit1.height+2
   thisform.edit1.value="this is a very, very, very long string"
   thisform.edit1.value=thisform.edit1.value+" that needs scrollbars"
   ENDDEFINE
   ENDTEXT
   =Strtofile(temp,"tempprg.prg")
   Create Project temp Nowait
   _vfp.ActiveProject.Files.Add("tempprg.prg")
   _vfp.ActiveProject.Build("tempprg.exe",3)
   Run /N tempprg.exe

Additional query words: kbVFP700sp1fix

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Keywords          : kbContainer kbCtrl kbvfp kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbvfp700 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700
Version           : :7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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