DOCUMENT:Q185866 11-DEC-1999 [foxpro] TITLE :BUG: Combo Box Valid Event Fires Before GotFocus in Page Frame PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The Valid event of a combo box object in a page frame fires before the Gotfocus event after accessing the combo box multiple times. CAUSE ===== As shown in the example below, do not use any object on the page frame to set the focus to another page. Move the "Click me - back to page 1" button to the form level instead. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug 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 and add a two page Page frame. In the second page of the page frame, add a command button and then add a combo box object. (In that order.) 2. Set the following properties and events of the command button: Caption ="Click me - Back to page 1" Click= thisform.pageframe1.activepage=1 3. Set the following properties and events of the combo box: RowSource = 1,2,3,4,5 RowSourceType=1-value Valid event= =Messagebox("Valid Fired") GotFocus event= =Messagebox("GotFocus Fired") 4. Run the form. Click Page two of the page frame. Next, click the drop-down combo box and select any number. Note that the GotFocus event fires before the Valid event. Click the "Click me - Back to Page 1" button on the second page. Now, repeat these steps noting that the Valid event fires before the GotFocus event this time. Additional query words: kbDSupport KBDSE VFP600REL kbvfp500 kbvfp600 ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= 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 1999.