PRB: READ EVENTS in Form's Init Causes the Form Not to Display

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

A form does not display when you run the form.

CAUSE

If you issue a READ EVENTS in the Init or Load event, the form does not get a chance to display before going into the event loop.

RESOLUTION

Here are two resolutions:

• Place the READ EVENTS command in a method other than Init or Load.

  -or-

• Use the ON KEY LABEL command to issue a CLEAR EVENTS. For example, place the following command in the Init event of the form:

        ON KEY LABEL ALT+X CLEAR EVENTS
  

  and

  In the Destroy event of the form place the following command:

        ON KEY LABEL ALT+X
  

  Now, after you run the form, when program execution stops at the READ EVENTS, you can press the ALT+X keys to clear the READ EVENTS and continue with program execution.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create and run a FoxPro program with the following code:

         frmForm=CREATEOBJECT('frmformTest')
         frmForm.SHOW
   

         DEFINE CLASS frmFormTest AS FORM
         VISIBLE=.T.
         WINDOWTYPE=1
   

         PROCEDURE INIT
         **Comment the following line to see form.
         READ EVENTS
         ENDPROC
   

         PROCEDURE CLICK
         CLEAR EVENTS
         ENDPROC
         ENDDEFINE
   

   NOTE: If you issue READ EVENTS in an event or a method of a form, then you need to issue CLEAR EVENTS before the form can be closed.