BUG: .APP Run from Run Menu Loses Menu If No Foundation READ

• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c

SYMPTOMS

An application (.APP) that is run by choosing Application from the Run menu will show its custom menu briefly, and then the menu will be replaced by the FoxPro system menu.

This behavior will not occur if the application is run by choosing Do from the Program menu or by issuing the DO <appname> command in the Command window. This behavior will occur only when there is no foundation READ in the application.

CAUSE

This behavior is caused by a problem in the FOXSTART.APP program that displays the Run menu when FoxPro is started.

WORKAROUNDS

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

• Run the application by choosing Do from the Program menu.

  -or-

• Run the application by typing "DO <appname>" (without the quotation marks) the Command window.

  -or-

• Put a foundation READ in the application. For more information about including a foundation READ in your application, see pages 633-636 in the FoxPro "Language Reference" or see page 9 in the "User's Guide" for the FoxPro for Macintosh Distribution Kit.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FoxPro versions 2.5b and 2.5c for Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Enter the following lines of code in a new program (.PRG) file:

         SET SYSMENU TO
         SET SYSMENU AUTOMATIC
         DEFINE PAD x OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Fruit"
         DEFINE PAD y OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Colors"
         ON PAD x OF _MSYSMENU ACTIVATE POPUP fruit
         ON PAD y OF _MSYSMENU ACTIVATE POPUP colors
   

         DEFINE POPUP fruit
         DEFINE BAR 1 OF fruit PROMPT "Apple"
         ON SELECTION BAR 1 OF fruit WAIT WINDOW "Apple"
   

         DEFINE POPUP colors
         DEFINE BAR 1 OF colors PROMPT "Red"
         ON SELECTION BAR 1 OF colors WAIT WINDOW "Red"
   

2. Save the program as TEST.PRG.

3. Create a new project and add TEST.PRG to it as a program.

4. Save the project and build the application. Call it TEST.

5. Run TEST.APP by choosing Application from the Run menu.

   TEST.APP displays its custom menu for a moment, and then the menu is replaced by the FoxPro system menu.

6. Run TEST.APP by choosing Do from the Program menu.

   TEST.APP runs with no problems.

7. To return to the FoxPro system menu, issue the following command in the Command window:

         SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT