SAMPLE: Menuprob.exe MENU() Malfunctions With Top-Level Forms

ID: Q172077

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SUMMARY

Menuprob.exe is a sample that shows how the Menu() function malfunctions with Top-Level forms.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The sample files can be extracted from the following file, available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: 

 ~ Menuprob.exe (size: 22027 bytes)
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
As described in the generated menu code when a menu is generated to be used in a Top-Level form, there is a second parameter that can be passed in the DO mymenu.mpr WITH THIS,.T. command that renames the Name property of the form and hence the menu. Running the attached files shows that this is working properly but for some reason, the menu name seems to be cached so the MENU() function does not find the correct menu name in all circumstances. Specifically, when the MENU() function is called from a submenu, MENU() in another instance of the form returns the menu name from the instance of the form where MENU() was called from the submenu. Calling MENU() twice from a menu pad, as opposed to a submenu option, resets MENU() so it returns the correct menu name again.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Copy Menuprob.exe to a directory on your system and run it to extract 

   the sample files
2. Execute "DO FORM Menuprob.scx" command and follow the instructions on 
   the form that appears.
3. Open the generated menu program for more information on using menus in 
   Top-Level(SDI) forms.

      MODIFY COMMAND Menuprob.mpr
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Last Reviewed: November 1, 1998