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PRB: F1 Key Does Not CLEAR READ in Visual FoxPro for Windows

Article ID: 149402

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q149402

SYMPTOMS

If a READ command is in effect in FoxPro 2.x for Windows or FoxPro 2.x for MS-DOS at the time the F1 key is pressed, the READ command clears. Otherwise, by default, pressing the F1 key invokes Help. The F1 key doesn't perform a CLEAR READ command in Visual FoxPro for Windows under the same circumstances.

WORKAROUND

You'll need to modify applications written in FoxPro 2.x for Windows or FoxPro 2.x for MS-DOS that depend on the F1 function key to perform a CLEAR READ command to make them do the same thing in Visual FoxPro for Windows.

Use an ON KEY LABEL assignment to force the F1 key to perform a CLEAR READ command. For example, add the following line to the beginning of the program listed in the "More Information" section, and run the program again:

   ON KEY LABEL F1 CLEAR READ

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create and run the following program:

   cMytest=""
   DEFINE WINDOW test FROM 1,1 TO 10,20
   ACTIVATE WINDOW test
   @ 2,1 GET cMytest SIZE 1,10
   READ

Press the F1 key, and Help will pop up.

Additional query words: VFoxWin

Keywords: KB149402