BUG: System Menu Toggles Off and On When Task Switching

• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

Every other time you switch from Windows or a Windows-based application to FoxPro for MS-DOS, the System menu is activated.

WORKAROUND

1. Use a Program Information File (PIF) and disable the ALT+TAB key combination for task switching. Then, keep the application windowed, and use the mouse to switch between applications.

2. Set the System menu off in FoxPro with this command:

   SET SYSMENU OFF

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. Start FoxPro for MS-DOS without using a PIF file, in Windows.

2. Run a small program with a READ such as:

   i="A" DO WHILE .T.

         @ 4,1 TO 4,78 DOUBLE
         @ 22,20 SAY "Enter selection or 'X' to Quit:" GET i PICTURE "!"
         READ
   

   ENDDO

3. Use the ALT+TAB keys to switch back and forth from Program Manager to FoxPro.