BUG: Windows Program on FoxPro/Mac Does Not Display Bitmaps

ID: Q110538

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

When you are using FoxPro for Macintosh to run a program written in FoxPro for Windows, bitmaps do not appear on screen.

CAUSE

The background color of the defined window is black.

RESOLUTION

To see the bitmap displayed on the screen, change the window background color to a color other than black.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh. This problem has been corrected in FoxPro for Macintosh version 2.6a.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In FoxPro for Windows, do the following:

   a. Issue the following commands in the Command window to create a sample
      database:

         CREATE TABLE test (OBJECT G)
         APPEND BLANK
         * The following bitmap was copied from
         * the FOXPROW\GOODIES\BITMAPS\MAPS directory
         APPEND GENERAL OBJECT FROM ctrspain.bmp

   b. Create a program, called TEST.PRG, with the following code:

         IF USED('test')
            SELECT test
         ELSE
            USE TEST
         ENDIF
         DEFINE WINDOW test AT 0, 0 SIZE 10, 15 ;
            COLOR RGB(,,,0,0,0)
         ACTIVATE WINDOW test
         @ 1,1 SAY test.object SIZE 5,10 CENTER
         READ CYCLE
         RELEASE WINDOW test

   c. Execute the program by choosing Do from the Program menu and then
      double-clicking TEST.PRG. A black window with a small flag in the
      center should appear in the top-left corner of the screen.

   Program menu and then double-clicking TEST.PRG. Note that the window is
   completely black with no flag in the center.

   DEFINE WINDOW command to the following:

      DEFINE WINDOW test AT 0, 0 SIZE 10, 15 ;
         COLOR RGB(,,,128,128,128)

Last Reviewed: May 21, 1996