PRB: Error in Moved Event of Form Appears to Hang VFP (189604)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0a
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q189604

SYMPTOMS

When there is a syntax error in the Moved Event of a form, as described in the MORE INFORMATION section, Visual FoxPro appears to hang when the form is moved. The buttons on the Program Error dialog box may not respond to a mouse click making it look like Visual FoxPro is hanging. This behavior does not occur in Visual FoxPro 3.x.

RESOLUTION

The mouse may not allow you to click the Cancel button. However, either of the following actions clear the Program Error dialog box:

Press the ESCAPE key. -or-
Press the ENTER key when the Cancel button has focus.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a program with the following code and run the program:

      xMovedTest=CREATE('testme')
      xMovedTest.SHOW(1)

      DEFINE CLASS testme AS FORM
         CAPTION = "Try to move me"
         PROCEDURE MOVED

            ENDIF && There is no IF statement
         ENDPROC
      ENDDEFINE
      *-- End of Code

Attempt to move the form and the Program Error dialog box appears.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/11/1999
Keywords:	kbprb KB189604 kbAudDeveloper