Hiding menu items greys maximized Close(X) button

[Greener73]

Powerbuilder 9.03

When i run a small loop (5 iterations) and hide up to 5 menu
items using the .Hide() function it greys out any maximized windows close "X" button at the top right.

If i change this to .Visible = false this problem does not arise.

Is this a known bug?

 

[thekl0wn]

Never heard of anything like this. (that's not to say it's not a bug)

For clarification... You have a window with a menu. Where are you looping from to hide/show enable/disable the menu items? From an event/function in the window/menu? And could you provide a snippet of the code used?

 

[Greener73]

Thanks for the quick reply theklOwn

I call the function to determine if the menu items should be shown when the program is first ran.

Heres the code:
// check whether the menu entries should be visible
FOR count = 1 TO 5
IF cid[count] > 0 THEN
menuItems[count].Text = "test" + count
IF NOT menuItems[count].Visible THEN menuItems[count].Show()
ELSE
IF menuItems[count].Visible THEN
menuItems[count].Hide()
END IF
END IF
NEXT


Now if i change:
menuItems[count].Visible = false
it works fine

What really confuses me is I can throw a messagebox after that menuItems[count].Hide() and everything works fine. Heck, i can even put a break point in there in the debugger, and it works fine

Any ideas?

 

[thekl0wn]

I'm assuming the above code isn't taken directly from the PB script? (the whole xxx.Text = "test" + count would have to be + String( count )) I'm guessing that cid[] is a boolean array? You're saying what was posted (using the .Show() & .Hide() functions) works? Try directly using the MenuItems properties for visibility and enabling. MenuItem.Visible = TRUE/FALSE... MenuItem.Enabled = TRUE/FALSE

Sounds similar to what happens when you first enter an infinite loop, only I typically get control regained enough to that window to click the "X" button and get the application shut down.

 

[Greener73]

everything is the same, except that
menuItems[count].Text = "test" + count
is a bit longer. And you are right, it would need a (String) to make it compile.
cid is a long array of size 5


If i use the menuitem visible and enabled properties directly, everything works fine.

I have no problem doing this, I just get nervous that I might be overlooking a bigger problem, that is surfacing when i use Hide().

Do you think setting visible and enabled directly is an acceptable fix?

I should also note, that the Grey X is still clickable. It just turns colour. Besides the colour change, everything works like normal.

 

[thekl0wn]

I personally never use Hide() or Show(), unless it's on a popup window. No real reason. But I do however use the Enabled and Visible properties constantly, and it's yet to bite me in the butt.

 

[Greener73]

well i'll submit this as fixed and see what happens. I've spent far to long already on this simple problem.

Thank you very much for the help theklOwn