FIX: Modal Form and SET SYSMENU OFF Cause Menu to Disappear

ID: Q165168

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

If a Top-Level menu appears in a Top-Level form that calls a modal form with the system menu set off, closing the modal form causes the Top-Level form menu to disappear.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 5.0a for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a Top-Level menu using the Menu Builder. Select General Options from the View menu, and then select "Top-Level Form" in the resulting dialog box. Name the menu Ztop.

Create a modal form called Zmodal and set the following properties:


      ShowWindow = 1-In Top-Level Form
      WindowType = 1-Modal

Create a Top-Level form called Ztopform and set the following properties:
```
      ShowWindow = 2-As Top-Level Form 
```

In the DblClick Event of the Ztopform form, place the following code:
```
      DO Form Zmodal 
```

In the Init of the Ztopform form, place the following code:
```
      DO Ztop.mpr WITH THISFORM,.T. 
```

Close the form and type the following in the Command window:
```
      SET SYSMENU OFF 
```

Run the Ztopform and double-click the form to invoke the modal form.

Close the modal form. In Visual FoxPro 5.0, the menu on the Top-Level form disappears.

Additional query words: top level

Keywords : kbVFp kbVFp500afix kbVFp500bug FxprgGeneral
Version : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug