BUG: Find (CTRL+F) in @...EDIT Misbehaves in Windows and MAC

ID: Q125199

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

The Find dialog (CTRL+F) within an EDIT region does not behave the same way in FoxPro for Windows or FoxPro for Macintosh as it does in FoxPro for MS-DOS. If you press CTRL+F while at the beginning of an @...EDIT region and then press CTRL+W or click the FIND button, FoxPro appears to perform the FIND but then immediately proceeds to exit the field.

This behavior occurs whether or not the string was found. The preferred behavior would be for FoxPro to perform the FIND and remain within the EDIT region, either highlighting the string, if it was found, or otherwise sitting at the beginning of the EDIT region -- as it does in FoxPro for MS-DOS.

RESOLUTION

Either click or tab to the EDIT region again and choose FIND AGAIN (CTRL+G) from the Edit menu to find the string.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

This example uses the SALESMAN database located within the \TUTORIAL sub- directory of FoxPro. However, no database is necessary to reproduce the problem. Variables may be substituted for the fields below with the same result.

1. Create a new program containing the following code, and save it as

   TEST.PRG:

   CLOSE ALL
   USE salesman
   DEFINE WINDOW test AT 0,0 SIZE 22.000,98.400 ;
      FONT "MS Sans Serif", 8 FLOAT NOCLOSE MINIMIZE SYSTEM
   ACTIVATE WINDOW test
   @ 2.846,10.000 GET salesman SIZE 1.000,23.300 DEFAULT " " ;
      FONT "MS Sans Serif", 8 PICTURE "@K" WHEN xwhen() ;
      VALID xval()
   @ 6.538,10.000 EDIT notes SIZE 9.000,79.000,0.000 PICTURE "@K" ;
      DEFAULT " " FONT "MS Sans Serif", 8 SCROLL WHEN ywhen() ;
      VALID yval()
   READ CYCLE

   FUNCTION xwhen      && field 1 (salesman) when
   WAIT WINDOW "in when of field 1"

   FUNCTION ywhen      && field 2 (notes) when
   WAIT WINDOW "in when of field 2"

   FUNCTION xval       && field 1 (salesman) valid
   WAIT WINDOW "in valid of field 1"

   FUNCTION yval       && field 2 (notes) valid
   WAIT WINDOW "in valid of field 2"

3. Press the space bar on the WAIT WINDOW from the WHEN clause of

   field 1.

5. Press the space bar on the WAIT WINDOW for the VALID clause of field 1

   and the WHEN clause of field 2.

   beginning of the field. Press CTRL+F to bring up the FIND dialog. Type
   in the word 'salesperson' (or any other word listed in the EDIT region).
   Then click the FIND button or press CTRL+W to begin the search. In
   FoxPro for Windows, the string will be briefly highlighted and then the
   WAIT WINDOW for field 2's VALID will appear followed by the WHEN clause
   for field 1. FoxPro for Macintosh exhibits the same behavior, however
   the string when found, will not be highlighted.