PRB: HIDE WINDOW ALL Command Affects User-Defined Toolbars

ID: Q135565

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

The HIDE WINDOW ALL command hides user-defined toolbars as well as other windows. The SHOW WINDOW ALL command shows user-defined toolbars as well as other windows. System-defined toolbars are not affected by HIDE WINDOW ALL or SHOW WINDOW ALL.

WORKAROUND

Once the user's toolbars have been hidden with the HIDE WINDOWS ALL command, if they are to be visible, issue a command to SHOW WINDOW <window name> where window name is the name of one of the toolbars. Issue as many SHOW WINDOW commands as are necessary to restore the user-created toolbars.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Developers using the command HIDE WINDOW ALL and expecting their toolbars to stay visible may run into trouble. The toolbars are essentially the same as any user-defined window and are thus subject to being hidden. The System toolbars, on the other hand, are a special instance and as such remain visible unless a HIDE WINDOW command is used with the name of the window For a list of the correct names of the System toolbars, please see the Visual FoxPro Language Reference or the SHOW WINDOW topic in the Help manu.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Enter the following code into a Visual FoxPro program. Then run that program to create a toolbar on the desktop.

*** Program Tooltest.prg ************** PUBLIC oToolbar oToolbar = CREATEOBJECT("UDToolbar") oToolbar.show()

DEFINE CLASS UDToolbar AS Toolbar

     Caption = "My Toolbar"
     Height = 29
     Left = 0
     Top = 0
     Width = 80

     ADD OBJECT Cbsave AS Commandbutton WITH ;
          Top = 4, ;
          Left = 6, ;
          Height = 23, ;
          Width = 24, ;
          Picture = "\vfp\wizards\wizbmps\wzsave.bmp", ;
          Caption =  "", ;
          Default = .F., ;
          Name = "CbSave"

     ADD OBJECT Cbdelete AS Commandbutton WITH ;
          Top = 4, ;
          Left = 29, ;
          Height = 23, ;
          Width = 24, ;
          Picture = "\vfp\wizards\wizbmps\wzdelete.bmp", ;
          Caption =  "", ;
          Default = .F., ;
          Name = "CbDelete"

     ADD OBJECT Cbprint AS Commandbutton WITH ;
          Top = 4, ;
          Left = 52, ;
          Height = 23, ;
          Width = 24, ;
          Picture = "\vfp\wizards\wizbmps\wzprint.bmp", ;
          Caption =  "", ;
          Default = .F., ;
          Name = "CbPrint"

Once the toolbar is visible, in the Command window enter this command:

   HIDE WINDOW ALL

   SHOW WINDOW ALL