PRB: Application Tries to Locate Menu

ID: Q111513

2.00 2.5x 2.60 2.60a | 2.5x 2.60 2.60a 3.00 | 2.5x 2.60 2.60a

MS-DOS               | WINDOWS              | MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5x, 2.6, 2.6a
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5x, 2.6, 2.6a
Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5x, 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

A procedure called from a menu may bring up a "Where is MENUNAME?" dialog box to locate the .MPR file.

CAUSE

A FoxPro application looks for an .MPX or .MPR file in the application when running a procedure. Therefore, it is necessary to have a valid .MPX or .MPR file. In order for the application to find the .MPX or .MPR file, a LOCFILE command is used in the system-generated code to locate the menu program. It looks for the menu program files in the following order:

   .MPX
   .MPR
   .FXP
   .PRG

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 1. Create a new project called TEST.

 2. Create a new menu called TEST that is created using the Quick Menu
    command on the Menu menu.

 3. From the File menu, choose Exit, and change the BAR# to PROCEDURE.
    Choose the Create button and type:

        CLEAR READ ALL
        SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT

 4. Create an option on the File menu that has a prompt of 'First wait
    window'. Change BAR# to COMMAND. Type:

        WAIT WINDOW 'One'

 5. Create another option on the File menu that has a prompt of 'Second
    wait window'. Change BAR# to PROCEDURE. Choose the Create button and
    type:

        WAIT WINDOW 'Two'

 6. Build the .APP.

 7. Compile TEST.MPR into TEST.MPX.

 8. Go into Filer and rename TEST.MPR to TEST1.MPR. Also rename TEST.MPX
    to TEST1.MPX.

 9. Run the application. Choose the item to run the first WAIT window.
    Then, choose the second WAIT window.

    In FoxPro for MS-DOS or Foxpro for Windows, the dialog box "Where is
    TEST" should appear.

    In FoxPro for Macintosh, the system error message "Procedure 'system
    generated procname' not found." should appear.

10. Press CTRL+F2 to open the Command window, and the issue the following

    command:

       SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT

11. Go into Filer and rename TEST1.MPR to TEST.MPR and rename TEST1.MPX to

    TEST.MPX.

Rerun the application. The "Where is TEST" dialog box should not appear now.

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxMac FoxDos FoxWin 2.00 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.50c 2.60 2.60a "procedure not found" MBuilder KBCategory: kbtool kbprg kbprb KBSubcategory: FxtoolMbuilder

Keywords          : FxtoolMBuilder 
Version           : 2.00 2.5x 2.60 2.60a | 2.5x 2.60
Platform          : MACINTOSH MS-DOS WINDOWS