DOCUMENT:Q162299 05-FEB-2000 [foxpro] TITLE :PRB: Icons on Controls Have Garbled White Area to Right/Below PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbenv kbvfp500 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you use icons on command buttons, graphical-style checkboxes, or graphical-style radio buttons, a garbled area appears to the right and/or below the icon. The icon looks OK, but to the right and/or below a white area usually appears. CAUSE ===== This happens when you use a Windows video driver that is set up to use large fonts. RESOLUTION ========== Use a bitmap file instead of an icon file. Bitmap files show up correctly. The other option is to set the video driver to use small fonts. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION ================ The white area to the right and/or below the icon can vary in size and shape. Resizing the object usually changes the shape of the white area. Sometimes the white area has vertical lines in it. Other times, the white area shows up as white horizontal lines to the right and/or below the icon. The same icon file appears properly when it is placed on an object in Visual FoxPro 3.0. Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. In Windows 95 or Windows NT, open the Display control panel and click the Settings tab. Make sure that the Font Size is set to Large Fonts. Restart the computer, if necessary, to make this change take effect. Typically, the video resolution needs to be set to at least 600x800 for the font size option to be available. 2. In Visual FoxPro, create a new form. 3. Place a command button on the new form. 4. Set the Caption property of the command button to blank (nothing). 5. Set the Picture property of the command button to an icon file. Some good icon files to use can be found in the HOME() + Samples\Graphics\Icons directory. 6. Resize the button as necessary to see the white area. Additional query words: vfoxwin kbdsd ====================================================================== Keywords : kbenv kbvfp500 Technology : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 Version : WINDOWS:5.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.