PRB: Standard Toolbar Visible in .Exe

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

If a Foxuser resource file is saved in the same directory as an executable and this Foxuser file has been created with any toolbars visible, when the executable is first run, the toolbars will appear. The toolbars, however, will be inactive and if closed, will not reappear upon restarting the executable.

CAUSE

This is caused by having the Foxuser resource file in the same directory as the executable. The Foxuser file is a resource file that records the state of the development environment when last used. It retains such settings as window placement and the toolbars that were left visible when Visual FoxPro was closed. If a Foxuser resource file is not in the same directory as the executable when this behavior occurs, it could be because there is a PATH= system variable set to a directory that contains a Foxuser resource file. This may or may not be the Foxuser resource file that is maintained in the Vfp directory. Other Foxuser files may exist that are being referenced by the executable via the PATH= system variable.

RESOLUTION

Include in the directory with the executable a Foxuser resource file that has been created with the toolbars inactive or not visible.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new project in a different directory from Visual FoxPro.

2. Make a new form, and place a command button on it. In the button's Click event, place this line of code:

   CLEAR EVENTS

3. In the activate event of the form, place this line of code:

   READ EVENTS

4. Build the project into an executable in the directory created in step 1.

5. Close the project.

6. Before quitting Visual FoxPro, on the View menu, click Toolbars, and then select a couple of the check boxes of the toolbars. Click OK.

7. Quit Visual FoxPro.

8. Copy the Foxuser and Foxuser.fpt files from the Vfp directory to the same directory in which you built the executable.

9. Double-click the executable. The toolbars left open when you closed Visual FoxPro appear. The toolbars are not of any use and if undocked can be closed by clicking the close box in the upper-right of the title bar.

10. Click the button to exit the program. Restart the program to see that

        the toolbars are no longer visible.