FIX: NODEFAULT in Page's Deactivate Event Activates Wrong Tab (143296)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0b
This article was previously published under Q143296

SYMPTOMS

Using NODEFAULT in the Page's Deactivate event stops the current page from changing, but the tab of the page will not be active. Whichever tab is clicked, the tab - 1 is the one that is brought forward. Therefore, if you are located on page one and click the fourth page, tab 3 will be moved to the front yet page one's objects continue to show on the pageframe.

WORKAROUND

Move the NODEFAULT condition to the Activate event of each page. Create one property in the form, and make it store the current page of the pageframe. The default value should be 1. In the Activate event for each page, evaluate the variables to see if the page should come forward. If it shouldn't come forward based on certain conditions, issue the NODEFAULT and set the ACTIVEPAGE to the form property. If the page should come forward, don't use the NODEFAULT clause, and reset the curPage property to the current page.

Following is an example of what might be used in the Activate event of the page. CurPage is a form property that stores the current active page in the pageframe. Lexpression is the condition that must be met before the page will activate. 
    IF THISFORM.curPage != 1 AND <lexpression>
     THISFORM.curPage = 1
   ELSE && Resets the active page
     NODEFAULT
     THIS.PARENT.ActivePage = THISFORM.curPage
   ENDIF
The value of curPage in this code would change to the page's number of the current Activate event. For example, if this code was in the fourth page of the pageframe, the code would be as follows: 
   IF THISFORM.curPage != 4 AND <lexpression>
     THISFORM.curPage = 4
   ELSE && Resets the active page
     NODEFAULT
     THIS.PARENT.ActivePage = THISFORM.curPage
   ENDIF

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Create a new form named zJunk.
  2. Add a pageframe to the form.
  3. Set the PageCount to 4.
  4. Add the following code to the Deactivate event of Page1: 
       NODEFAULT
  5. Add text labels to each of the four pages to identify each page.
  6. Save and run the form.
  7. Click the Page4 tab.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/30/2003
Keywords:kbBug kbfix kbvfp500fix KB143296
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