Ted - I completely agree with you. However, that being said...
Since I am consultant here - and still relatively "green" - I want to be careful how I spend my time and make sure its productive. That particular screen - it was one created by one of my co-workers on our team. I simply made a bunch of changes to the screen design - but, it was not really my project to work on. So - if he decides to use my updates - that's up to him. And, the reason I updated that screen - is he showed that screen in this Doc he created - which he asked me & my teammates to review the Doc for him. Seems I am the only one doing a careful review of that Doc. And, when I saw that screen in his Doc - that's when I decided to make some updates (to an Alternate copy of the Form) - because, of course, for me - and my 3D graphics background - doing screen designs is truly my favorite part of working in VFP. Sadly - in the little over a month I have worked here - I haven't had ANY Projects where I get to modify or create a screen yet! As for Source-control, that opens a Big Can of Worms here. My manager even discussed that with me - that they do NOT have source-control. And she believes that they Should do it. But, its not been implemented yet. Lastly - since this problem was so small - I felt best to just fix it and move along. Especially since my updated version of the Form may NOT actually get used... -K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 3:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: STRANGE Shifting of Form Label Well, what I solved was WHAT the problem was, not WHY the problem occurred. And it could even come back, and we'd be no wiser. As I said in the longer answer, make backups, get your software into source code control, and then when things change, you'll know WHAT changed, and be on the way to figuring out WHY. On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks so much for your input Fernando. Turns out - I followed Ted's 1st > suggestion - and that fixed it. > > So - all is good now. > > But - it proves again - the ProFox list ROCKS - for Fast answers to Tricky > questions and problems! > > -K- > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Fernando D. Bozzo > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 3:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: STRANGE Shifting of Form Label > > Ok, I tell you what I have in mind (something of the like Ted said :) > > 1) Convert your form to text with FoxBin2Prg v1.19.43 Preview-4 > <https://vfpx.codeplex.com/releases/view/116407> > > 2) Open the generated text with Fox with MODIFY COMMAND > <your-form.sc2> to get syntax colouring like any PRG (but this code is > not compilable) > > 3) Look for the ADD OBJECT of this labels by their name (could you > copy/paste only those ADD OBJECTS?) > > 4) Look at their visible properties (visible, enabled, top, left, alignment, > anchor, autosize) and the invisible ones (zorderset) [Note: > ZOrderSet is not visible on the Properties windows when editing the > form] > > 5) Look if there are more controls with the same ZOrderSet. If there > are, then this is a VFP ZOrder bug > <https://vfpx.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=FoxBin2Prg%20Internals%20and > %20Configuration> I've documented on VFPx that can be corrected with > FoxBin2Prg using the new setting "RemoveZOrderSetFromProps", regenerating the > binary from the sc2 text. > > > Let me know if this is the case, > > Regards.- > > > > 2015-05-07 20:53 GMT+02:00 Kurt Wendt <[email protected]>: > >> Well - there are 2 problems with doing that. >> 1 - not sure where I would upload it to, but - more so... >> 2 - I don't think I can honestly upload a file - since its created >> here and there are documents I sign about not disclosing the work I >> do here - like details about it. And, this screen layout might be disclosing >> Too much. >> >> What I may do - is tweak the screen - make it almost generic - then, >> maybe just send the file Directly to you if you want to take a peek at it. >> >> Thanks, >> -K- >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Fernando D. Bozzo >> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 2:35 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: STRANGE Shifting of Form Label >> >> Hi Kurt: >> >> Could you upload the form to any free drive so can be analyzed? >> >> >> Fernando.- >> >> >> >> 2015-05-07 19:31 GMT+02:00 Kurt Wendt <[email protected]>: >> >> > OK - this is rather strange. I am Editing a form that a co-worker >> created. >> > I was just doing some cleanup of the layout. Well - 2 of these >> > Label type objects on the form - it looks OK when I save it. But, >> > upon re-opening the Form - Both Labels have shifted over to the >> > right - and then either appearing partially On top or Under the >> > next object to the right. Its really weird. I reset them - save the >> > form - close it - reopen it - and they are shifted Again! >> > >> > Its only happening for like 2 of the 9 labels on the form. It does >> > NOT happen to Any of the other 7 labels. I even looked at the >> > Layout, Other and Favorites properties of the Labels with the >> > problem - comparing against labels that do NOT have the problem - >> > and the really only differences is the obvious stuff like the >> > Caption and the various positional qty's. So - I'm really kind of >> > surprised this is happening. >> > >> > Thanks in Advance! >> > -K- >> > >> > >> > Kurt Wendt >> > Consultant >> > >> > GLOBETAX >> > 90 Broad Street >> > New York, NY 10004-2205, U.S.A. >> > Tel. +1-212-747-9100 >> > Fax. +1-212-747-0029 >> > Email: [email protected]<mailto:%[email protected]> >> > Web: www.GlobeTax.com<http://www.globetax.com/> >> > >> > GlobeTax does not provide or offer, and this is not, tax, >> > investment or legal advice. This email and any attachments hereto >> > is intended only for use by the addressee(s) and may contain >> > confidential information. 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