PRB: Report Preview in Top-Level Form Disables VFP Menu

ID: Q178384

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a 6.0

SYMPTOMS

A Top-Level form containing a report preview disables the Visual FoxPro system menu and the Command window.

CAUSE

Even though a Top-Level form should be independent of the desktop, the report preview is in its own loop and prevents other windows from functioning.

RESOLUTION

To work around the behavior, add a NOWAIT parameter to the menu choice that calls the report preview.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a quick report named Ztest using the Employee table located in

   the Samples\Data folder.

2. Create a form named Ztest that has the ShowWindow property set to 2-As

   Top-Level Form.

3. Add a command button to the form that contains the following code in the

   Click event:

      REPORT FORM Ztest PREVIEW WINDOW Form1

4. Run the Ztest form. The Visual FoxPro Command window and System menu are

   now available.

5. Cycle to the Top-Level form and press the command button. The Report

   Preview window appears in Form1. All the menu bars of the System menu
   are now disabled and the Command window is inaccessible.

Keywords          : kbVFp kbVFp500 kbVFp500a kbVFp600 FxprgGeneral 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: October 31, 1998