BROWSE IN SCREEN Uses Active Window

 Last reviewed: April 29, 1996
Article ID: Q107839
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
  • Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b

SUMMARY

The FoxPro 2.5 for MS-DOS and Windows "Language Reference" (page L3-250), the FoxPro 2.0 for MS-DOS "Commands & Functions" manual, and the Visual FoxPro online Help incorrectlystate that the BROWSE IN SCREEN command places a Browse window on the desktop in FoxPro for MS-DOS or in the main window in FoxPro for Windows, even if a user-defined window is active.

Instead, to place a Browse window in the default size and location, you must also issue the NORMAL clause.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

The following series of commands illustrates this behavior: 

  USE <filename>
  DEFINE WINDOW test FROM 1,1 TO 20,20
  ACTIVATE WINDOW test
  @1,1 SAY "hello"  && test is the current output window
  BROWSE IN SCREEN
Note that the Browse information is displayed in the window "test".

To correct this problem, issue the following series of commands: 

  USE <filename>
  DEFINE WINDOW test FROM 1,1 TO 20,20
  ACTIVATE WINDOW test
  @1,1 SAY "hello"  && test is the current output window
  BROWSE IN SCREEN NORMAL

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxWin FoxDos 2.00 2.50 2.50a
2.50b docerr
KBCategory: kbprg kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: FxprgBrowse

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Last reviewed: April 29, 1996
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