Modifying the VFP System Menu

[RichardH]

In VFP 6.0 is there a way to remove "Preview" and "Data Enviroment" from the View menu that is dislayed when modifying a report.

I know how to modify the system menu _MSYSMENU and about SYS(2013) which displays many of the system menu names but not the ones I am looking for. It seems that I would need to redefine POPUP _VIEW to just include; the toolbars Report Controls, Layout Controls, and Color Controls, and Grid Lines and Show Position. Is there anyway to do this?

 

[ramani]

See thread184-64315 ramani
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[RichardH]

Ramani, Thanks for the tip but that doesn't seem to accomplish what I am looking for. Did I missunderstand the answer or did I not make the question clear. Let me try again.

I don't what to customize a tool bar. I want to customize a menu. I wan't the users to be able to modify reports, but I don't want them to Preview them from the Report Designer screen. I will let them Preview the reports before they print but not from the Design screen.

What I want to change is the View Menu that Displays in the Report Designer screen. The default choices are:
-Design
-Preview
-Data Enviroment
-Report Controls Toolbar
-Layout Toolbar
_Palette Toolbar
-Grid Lines
-Show Position

I want to remove -Preview and -Data Enviroment from that menu. Hopefully there is a way to do that. Thanks

 

[JohnJatIce]

Richard

I want to be able to do this as well. If I find a solution I will let you know.

John Jarman

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Richard

Without wishing to appear negative, I would question the wisdom of letting a user "loose" with the Report Designer.

FAQ184-157 outlines how you can let a user modify a report at runtime without exposure to the Report Designer.

Basically you provide a report as a modifyable template.

The report is opened as a table and through toolbar classes which are specific to each type of report object, the object can be moved, resized, coloured etc in a similar way to a graphics editor interacting with graphical objects.

You can set up a form so that you have a WYSIWYG report view as the table, (report) is controlled through the toolbar classes.

The report can then be saved, previewed and printed etc.

Unless your users are very experienced, I suspect there will tears before bedtime with their use of the Report Designer.

Chris