How to put a menu in a "ShowWindow=2" Top level form 1

[freddiekg]

Dear all,

My VFP call a "ShowWindow=2" Top level form when started, and is working fine until I try to put a menu in the form, by calling a menu (DO menu.mpr) in the Init section. Now, the form don't even show up but the EXE is still active and I have to kill the application in the Window Task Manager.

Do I have to set the following things or something else?

*Application.Visible=.f.
*_VFP.Visible=.F.
*_SCREEN.Visible=.F.

Please help and thanks in advance.
Fred

 

[Mike Lewis]

Fred,

It's quite simple.

Invoke your menu from the Init of the top-level form, like this:

DO MyMenu.MPR WITH THISFORM, .T.

MyMenu.MPR is the name of your menu program, THISFORM is an object reference to the form, and .T. simply forces a unique name for the menu (which is useful if you want to open multiple instances of the form).

For more information, see the VFP Help topic, "How to: Add a Menu to a Top-Level Form".

Mike

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