Good to know. Thanks for the link Hank!
>This is a well-known issue, and occurs because VFP has never had real Windows as forms: what we see is simply painted. ActiveX controls always instantiate first. Christof has a great article on it:
http://www.foxpert.com/knowlbits_200804.htm (second blog entry).
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>Hank
>
>>>Hi All,
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>>>Can anyone think of a reason why the olecalendar control on my form doesnt display when the form initially loads? If I click on the area of the form where the control is it pops up and is fine, but not displaying at the start is a problem.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Jon
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>>Jon,
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>>I have a similar problem with an ActiveX control from
www.exontrol.com. It appears to be a problem with VFP9 not reconizing ActiveX controls. It is a real pain if you are using the Anchor property to resize the control. See thread for the workaround I used:
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http://www.levelextreme.com/wconnect/wc.dll?2,15,1316879>>
>>Here is another similar problem I found:
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https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=321395>>
>>I could not find a SP3 wish list or I'd add this problem to it. From the run around I got attempting to get the SP2 Toolbar Bug HotFix (never did) I wonder if MS will ever release an SP3?