Article: Q172088
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:3.0b; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbcode
Last Modified: 23-MAR-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b
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SYMPTOMS
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In Visual FoxPro 3.x and 5.x for Windows and Visual FoxPro 3.0b for the
Macintosh, the SelText property for an Editbox selects only up to 255
characters.
RESOLUTION
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The workaround is to use the SUBSTR function as illustrated below:
SelectedText = SUBSTR(ThisForm.edit1.Value, ;
ThisForm.edit1.SelStart + 1, ;
ThisForm.edit1.SelLength)
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.
MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a program with the following code:
PUBLIC x
x=CREATEOBJECT('form1')
x.Show
DEFINE CLASS form1 AS form
Top = 0
Left = 0
Height = 250
Width = 425
DoCreate = .T.
Caption = "Form1"
Name = "Form1"
ADD OBJECT edit1 AS editbox WITH ;
Height = 229, ;
Left = 11, ;
Top = 10, ;
Width = 276, ;
Name = "Edit1"
ADD OBJECT command1 AS commandbutton WITH ;
Top = 25, ;
Left = 300, ;
Height = 27, ;
Width = 84, ;
Caption = "Click Me", ;
Name = "Command1"
PROCEDURE edit1.Init
This.HideSelection = .F.
This.Value = REPLICATE( "abcedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", 15 )
This.SelStart = 0
This.SelLength = LEN( This.Value )
ENDPROC
PROCEDURE command1.Click
=MESSAGEBOX("SelLegth "+STR(Thisform.edit1.SelLength))
=MESSAGEBOX("SelText "+STR(LEN(Thisform.edit1.SelText)))
=MESSAGEBOX(Thisform.edit1.SelText)
ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE
2. Run the .prg file and click the CLICK ME button.
The second message box shows only 255 characters for the SelText property instead
of 390.
Additional query words: kbvfp600fix
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Keywords : kbcode
Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300bMac kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP500a
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0b; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix
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