Form with OLE control is unable to receive focus properly

Question

I have a form, which has 2 checkboxes, one of them is Ole Control :

Now, if I call them twice, there will be 2 instances of the form, the problem is :

• Says the focus is now on form 1, and I click on the Ole Control (checkbox), I then can't click on form 2, meaning form 2 couldn't receive focus even I tried clicking many times on the form
• Now, if I want to get focus of the other form, I'll have to click on the title bar or the ole control of the form
• This won't happen if I don't click on the Ole Control of the form
• If I set form.Desktop = .f., everything is fine, but I need desktop property to be true

EDIT : Here is the OLE control :

It's very simple to reproduce the error :

• Create a blank form, set form.Desktop = .t., name it formOLE
• insert an OLE checkbox, like the image above
• insert a normal fox checkbox
• Call the form twice do form formOLE

Answer 1

The OCX on foxpro forms it should be always the last remedy. You are not the only one than can't access foxpro controls after a OCX control has got the focus. These are some solutions I've done throughout my projects:

• Call a very small form just for readjust the foxpro focus, a form that on activate event there is a thisform.relase. This is called after use OCX. it is common issue to not be able to edit a text field after a OCX focus.
• use OCX's visible properties

I recommend to use OCX on modal forms, if not, forms can be unaccessible.