PRB: Foxapp-Generated Application Menu Has Disabled Options

ID: Q126760

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6a
Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

Under certain circumstances, the Order, Copy Record, and Pick List options of the Application menu may be disabled in a Foxapp-generated application.

CAUSE

The Order option allows you to change the index order of a table. The Copy Record option allows you to duplicate the current record. These two options will be disabled if the screen you used to build the application was generated by the FoxPro Screen Wizard. Foxapp adds the following skip for clause to these menu options:

   skipvar OR m.wizscreen

The Pick List option is used to toggle between open tables. Foxapp adds the following skip for clause to disable this menu option when only one table is in use:

   skipvar OR m.nextdbf < 2

WORKAROUND

The variables that disable the menu option can be removed and the project regenerated. But Microsoft doesn't recommend that you do this because it may cause undesirable interaction between Foxapp and the wizard-generated screen.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional reference words: FoxWin FoxDos FoxMac 2.60a KBCategory: kbtool kbprb KBSubcategory: FxtoolGeneral

Last Reviewed: June 27, 1995