BUG: Menu Appears Behind Fox Icon on Menu Bar

 Last reviewed: June 3, 1996
Article ID: Q119938
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SYMPTOMS

A user-defined menu on the menu bar in FoxPro for Macintosh extends past the right edge of the screen.

CAUSE

The Macintosh System software treats both the menu bar and the desktop as the visible portion of a larger area. In other words, the menu appears, but just not in the visible portion of the viewing area.

RESOLUTION

Shorten the names of the menu pads in order to bring all the options into the viewable area of the monitor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. 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. Create a quick menu.

  2. Add six new pads at the bottom of the definition with names such as Longoption1, Longoption2, and so on.

  3. Click the Try It push button.

Note that the end of Longoption5 is behind the Fox icon and Longoption6 is not even visible.

NOTE: This information does NOT apply to FoxPro for Windows or FoxPro for MS-DOS. FoxPro for MS-DOS will allow you to scroll a long menu. FoxPro for Windows will wrap the menu to a second line.

Additional reference words: VFoxMac 3.00b FoxMac 2.50b 2.50c buglist2.50b
buglist2.50c buglist3.00b
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Last reviewed: June 3, 1996
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