Gene: At the front of your program, put _screen.themes = .F. That makes the windows theme a non-issue. Dan
> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 13:51:12 -0800 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: VFP: Different Display Themes Issue > > Dear Vixens and Reynards: > > My boss has just reported a bit of a display issue with our VFP > app. In looking over the issue, I have found a slightly bigger mess > and am wondering what I can do about it. > > The app was running in Product on Windows XP not so long ago, > and I still develop under it XP. > > I use the Windows Classic theme as I find it > clearer. Production uses the default Windows theme (which I think of > as Windows FP (Fisher Price)). It is much less clear to me, and so I > switched on my system. More importantly is that "WFP" takes more > space, and the wider borders seem to be taking from the form display area. > > The form that was complained about has an input field whose > associated label has a screen .left of 0. The first character of the > label is "W", but the form border covers it partially so that the > first character appears to be a "V". Why is this happening? > > The original complaint is that the toolbar display that I have > for form operations is displaying over top of some of the input > controls. On my system, the roolbar is just to the right of the > control. On a Production system, it is displayed about 1 1/2 > characters leftward. > > I suspect that these two issues are related. > > I suppose that I could kludge and simply position the toolbar > 20 or so pixels right, but I would like to understand why what is > happening is happening. Why this difference, and what can I do about it? > > Sincerely, > > Gene Wirchenko > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
