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Article: Q136075
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbvfp
Last Modified: 15-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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When you use the SET SKIP OF command to disable a menu title or bar created
using the Menu Builder, you may find the commands have no effect on your menu.
This is because of the naming convention Visual FoxPro uses to name the objects
in your menu. This article explains how to disable a menu title or bar
successfully.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you run a user-created menu using the DO MYMENU.MPR syntax (using the name
Mymenu as an example), Visual FoxPro sets your menu to the system variable
_MSYSMENU. Hence, using syntax such as SET SKIP OF MENU MYMENU .T. fails to
disable your menu. Visual FoxPro now sees your menu as the _MSYSMENU, so you
could successfully disable your menu by using this syntax:

     SET SKIP OF MENU _MSYSMENU.

Similarly, you would find it impossible to disable a menu title named QUIT using
syntax such as SET SKIP OF PAD quit OF MYMENU. Visual FoxPro assigns a variable
name to both the menu title and the menu, so without referencing the correct
name, this syntax fails. Your menu is now known to Visual FoxPro as _MSYSMENU,
that part you can fix. But you still don't know the name of the menu title or
bar.

There are two ways to overcome this problem.

- When you create your menu in the Menu Builder, you can specify a meaningful
  name. To find the appropriate dialog box, modify your menu. Click the Options
  button for the title or bar you want to name. The Prompt Options dialog box
  appears. Select the Pad Name (Bar # if you are editing a bar) text box. The
  Pad Name (Bar Number if you are editing a bar) dialog box appears. Enter a
  name that has meaning to you.

- After you generate your menu, you can open the .mpr file that was created and
  find the variable name Visual FoxPro assigned to each item in your menu.
  These variable names for the pads are a series of random numbers and letters
  preceded by an underscore character. They look something like this:
  _r3210vobi. With these system-generated names, you can reference the menu
  titles (pads) and bars in your commands. Bars are sequentially numbered under
  each pad and may be referred to in the following way. set skip of bar 1 of
  _rlq0jcc27 .t. _rlq0jcc27 is the menu generated name for the pad.

Additional query words: prompt popup

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Keywords          : kbvfp 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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Q136075: HOWTO: Disabling Menu Titles and Bars