PRB: ActiveDoc Displays Incorrectly When Internet Explorer is Ma

ID: Q192106

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

If you display a Visual FoxPro ActiveDoc form in a restored Internet Explorer window after it was started when the Internet Explorer window was maximized, you will notice that the left side and top of the form is cut off.

RESOLUTION

Steps to Resolve

1. Press ALT + MINUS SIGN to expose the control menu of the form.

2. Choose Move.

3. Using the arrow keys on the keyboard, move the form window down until

   the form displays properly.

Another way to avoid this is to set the AutoCenter property of the form to False.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new project.

2. Create a new ActiveDoc class and place the following code in the Run

   event:

      DO FORM TEST1
      READ EVENTS

3. Place the following code in the ContainerRelease event:

      CLEAR EVENTS

4. Build a form called TEST1 and set the AutoCenter property True.

5. Place a command button on the form with the following code in the Click

   event:

      RELEASE THISFORM
      CLEAR EVENTS

6. Size the form to a large size.

7. Size the restored Internet Explorer window to be smaller than the form.

8. Build the Application and run it in Internet Explorer.

   Notice that the form is showing in the Internet Explorer window but the
   title bar is cut off.

9. Maximize the Internet Explorer window. Notice that the Title bar of the

   form is still cut off.

Additional query words: kbVFp600 kbActiveDocs kbIE

Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: September 1, 1998