Missing Cursor / Loss of Focus

[TimStone]

I have received complaints from several clients recently with the following problems:

1) There has been a loss of focus or dialogs sometimes go out of focus and "disappear".
2) Using TSBrowse ( not current version ) there is sometimes a Workoarea not in use: ADSKEYNO message which comes from a TS Browse lostfocus call
3) The cursor on some computers disappears when moving from one field to another

These problems did not occur under older FWH versions.

Here are some more specifics:
I'm currently using FWH 8.12
I'm using database objects with tData ( I mention this because I know there were changes made )
I'm using xHarbour.com Professional with the default compiler ( xCC ) September 2008 plus all updates
I'm using tsBrowse as modified by James Bott ( not the new one ). We did not have these problems on earlier FWH versions
The clients with problems are using the Advantage Database Client Server

I wonder if others have had similar experiences using 8.12 ( or 8.11 ) with the tDatabase revisions or if you are aware of other possible issues that have arisen recently. The people having problems are on XP machines. I cannot replicate these problems so I cannot build a consistent example, but I do see it at several locations and on multiple machines.

I would appreciate any input. Thanks.

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

> 1) There has been a loss of focus or dialogs sometimes go out of focus and "disappear".

What controls are you using in those dialogboxes ? Do you use a buttonbar in those dialogs ?

Please post some screenshots if possible, thanks

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

Just a quick idea: You could set a timer to show the current focused control classname in the main window caption:

SetWindowText( oWndMain:hWnd, GetClassName( GetFocus() ) )

That way, when the focus is gone you could know where it really is. You could activate such timer when you want to trace it.

[TimStone]

I guess I'm wondering if the changes in tDatabase may be causing some problems. Were there significant changes from 8.10 to 8.12. I didn't notice these problems until version 8.11 and 8.12.

Tim

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

I don't think that Class TDataBase may be related with a focus issue, anyhow you can add the 8.10 TDataBase PRG to the bottom of your main app and rebuild your app, so you will be using 8.12 and TDataBase from 8.10, to check if that makes a difference.