SET MESSAGE TO 0 bug?

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Hi all

Running an app with

[COLOR=blue]SET STATUS BAR OFF
SET STATUS ON[/color]

The issue is how to prevent the messages appearing in the _SCREEN object?

A known bug is

[COLOR=blue]SET MESSAGE WINDOW [WindowName][/color]

and is documented here, which prevents you from dumping the messages on an out of sight window.

Using VFP 9.0

[COLOR=blue]SET MESSAGE TO 0[/color]

also fails.

According to help, ...

If nrow is 0, no messages are displayed

...but the messages are displayed at row 1.


The current workaround is to add a opaque black shape to _SCREEN at runtime, size it to completely cover _SCREEN under all conditions, or alternatively resize it when _SCREEN is resized. This obliterates the status bar that appears in _SCREEN.

The .BackColor of _SCREEN is then set to black and thus no messages are seen.

The reason for this peculiar arrangement is that using modified code from Calvin Hsia's WebLog, you can create a StatusBar class based on a container, form or toolbar.

The StatusBar will display messages from the VFP menu and any other VFP control, as well as utilising other VFP controls such as graphical checkboxes, command buttons, images, progress bars etc.

What ideas, please?

TIA

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Chris
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[TamarGranor]

Does SET TALK OFF make a difference?

Tamar

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Tamar

Thanks for your response - unfortunately, no.

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[pthalacker]

Does SET NOTIFY OFF make a difference?

pamela

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

pamela

Thank you for your response - again unfortunately, no.

Have since adopted a more appropriate workaround using a borderless, titlebarless form with AlwaysOnBottom = .T. as a mask to hide the output to screen.

For this app, the StatusBar is based on a toolbar and this particular configuration enables the StatusBar to have both a passive and active role in the application.

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[Olaf Doschke]

Does SET MESSAGE TO (without the 0!) work for you?

Bye, Olaf.

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Olaf

Thanks for your response - unfortunately, no.

With SET MESSAGE TO, the output is on the last line of the _SCREEN object.

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Chris
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