PRB: _Screen.Hide or _Screen.Visible = .F. Won't Hide Desktop

Last reviewed: September 5, 1995
Article ID: Q136185

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Visual FoxPro Help file states that the _Screen memory variable has a Hide method and a Visible property. You might expect that issuing a command such as _Screen.Hide or _Screen.Visible = .F. would cause the FoxPro desktop to disappear, but neither has any effect on the desktop.

CAUSE

This is by design. After a form or formset is hidden, Visual FoxPro activates the last active object. If no objects were active before the formset became active, the main Visual FoxPro window becomes active. Consequently, if you try to hide the main FoxPro window or set its Visible property to false when there were no prior active objects, Visual FoxPro has no place to go. As a result, the Hide method and Visible property for _Screen are disabled.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin
KBCategory: kbprg kbprb kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

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Last reviewed: September 5, 1995
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