PRB: Report Preview in Top-Level Form Disables VFP Menu

 Last reviewed: January 2, 1998
Article ID: Q178384
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

A Top-Level form containing a report preview disables the Visual FoxPro system menu and the Command window.

CAUSE

Even though a Top-Level form should be independent of the desktop, the report preview is in its own loop and prevents other windows from functioning.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a quick report named Ztest using the Employee table located in the Samples\Data folder.

  2. Create a form named Ztest that has the ShowWindow property set to 2-As Top-Level Form.

  3. Add a command button to the form that contains the following code in the Click event: 

          REPORT FORM Ztest PREVIEW WINDOW Form1

  4. Run the Ztest form. The Visual FoxPro Command window and System menu are now available.

  5. Cycle to the Top-Level form and press the command button. The Report Preview window appears in Form1. All the menu bars of the System menu are now disabled and the Command window is inaccessible. 

Keywords          : FxprgGeneral vfoxwin
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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Last reviewed: January 2, 1998
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