sry, I meant to send this to the group, not your email.
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This was compiled on Windows server 2012 R2. I tried compiling on Win7
and also on Win10 and got the same result. I am pretty sure it was not a
problem on Win2000, but I don't have that available anymore.
On 10/10/2018 1:26 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote:
> Another thought about this:
> I know vfp9 sp2 is supposed to fix some issues with how Vista caused
> problems like this to happen.
> I wonder if the exe was somehow compiled on vfp9 RTM or sp1. It's been years
> since I saw this in my own product.
> I do remember searching and finding workarounds for several Vista UI issues.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Tracy
> Pearson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:12 PM
> To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com
> Subject: RE: question about crazy ctrl C and ctrl V thing in the vfp9 sp2
> program
>
> You're description of the problem reminds me of what the LockScreen property
> can do to a form.
> I have seen some odd behaviors with Modal forms opening other Modal forms,
> but not that specific behavior.
>
> Can you give some more detail about how these forms are built?
> Is there any code that changes the LockScreen property?
> Is this in Screen, or a top-level screen?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken
> McGinnis
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:08 PM
> To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com
> Subject: Fwd: question about crazy ctrl C and ctrl V thing in the vfp9 sp2
> program
>
> I left out some important info. The box that contains the info you want
> to copy is a memo text box. When you exceed the allowed amount, we pop
> up a box that allows unlimited data entry. If you copy that, the crazy
> stuff happens.
>
> ______________________________________
>
> first of all ctrl C & V work as they are supposed to everywhere but this
> one place:
>
> We have some text boxes on one screen in our program. If you ctrl C
> (copy) anything from one text box and then ctrl V (paste) it to another
> text box, the screen goes blank.
>
> Moving the mouse around after the screen is blank has no effect, the
> screen stays blank. If you happen to click where that text box was, it
> reappears.
>
> Then if you move your mouse to the side of the screen, the screen
> reappears (but not the info you pasted). Then if you leave that screen
> and then go back to that screen, everything seems normal.
>
> Someone just today noticed this. This has not been reported before in
> many years. The same source code has been compiled in several versions
> of VFP and several windows OS back to Win 2000.
>
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