FIX: SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT Command in Program Clears Menu

ID: Q124362

2.60    | 2.50b 2.50c

WINDOWS | MACINTOSH kbprg kbbuglist kbfixlist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6
Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b and 2.5c

SYMPTOMS

When the SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT command is executed from a program, it clears any menu previously saved with PUSH MENU. However, if the command is issued from the Command window, the menu is not cleared.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FoxPro version 2.6a for Windows and Microsoft FoxPro version 2.6a for Macintosh.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Create a program that contains the following lines:

  SET SYSMENU TO
  SET SYSMENU AUTOMATIC
  DEFINE PAD quiter OF _msysmenu PROMPT "Quit"
  ON SELECTION PAD quiter OF _msysmenu SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT
  PUSH MENU _msysmenu
  SET STEP ON
  SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT  && Comment this out and do at Command window
  POP MENU _msysmenu
  WAIT WINDOW "Did it restore *Quit* menu?"

2. Run the program. The Trace window comes up and if you step through

   each line, the menu is not restored.

3. Run the program again. This time instead of stepping through the

   program execute each line from the Command window. The saved menu
   is restored.

Additional reference words: FoxWin FoxMac2.60 buglist2.60 fixlist2.60a KBCategory: kbprg kbfixlist kbbuglist KBSubcategory: FxprgSet Solution Type : kbfix

Last Reviewed: September 22, 1997