PRB: Cannot Add Pictures into ComboBox in Init Event

 Last reviewed: May 30, 1997
Article ID: Q169192
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

In Visual FoxPro 5.0 or 5.0a, setting the Picture property of a ComboBox object in the Init event of the object does not display pictures or icons within the ComboBox. However, the pictures do appear in ComboBox objects running under Visual FoxPro 3.0 and 3.0b.

RESOLUTION

Several workarounds exist for this behavior. First, you can place the following code in the GotFocus event of the ComboBox object: 

   This.Picture(1)=Home()+"samples\graphics\bmps\assorted\balloon.bmp"
   This.Picture(2)=Home()+"samples\graphics\bmps\assorted\cup.bmp"
You can also place the following code in the Refresh event of the ComboBox object: 

   IF EMPTY(THIS.PICTURE(1))
     THIS.PICTURE(1)=Home()+"samples\graphics\bmps\assorted\balloon.bmp"
     THIS.PICTURE(2)=Home()+"samples\graphics\bmps\assorted\cup.bmp"
   ENDIF
Finally, if you need to leave the original code in the Init of the ComboBox, then place this code in the Activate event of the form: 

   IF EMPTY(THIS.combo1.PICTURE(1))
      THIS.combo1.Init()
   ENDIF

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 form with a ComboBox control.

  2. Set the RowSource to "B,Balloon,C,Cup" (Do not include the quotation marks.)

  3. Set the RowSourceType to 1-Value.

  4. In the Init event of the ComboBox, place the following code: 

          This.Picture(1)=Home()+"samples\graphics\bmps\assorted\balloon.bmp"
      This.Picture(2)=Home()+"samples\graphics\bmps\assorted\cup.bmp"

Keywords          : FxotherGraphic vfoxwin
Version           : 5.0 5.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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Last reviewed: May 30, 1997
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