Q178117: PRB: Application Loses Focus or Opens Minimized on Startup

Article: Q178117
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 5.0,5.0a,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbHWMAC kbvfp kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport
Last Modified: 10-MAR-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you launch a Visual FoxPro application, it appears to open minimized or
loses focus.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs when you include the following code in the Init event of a
Top-Level form:

  Application.Visible = .F.

RESOLUTION
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Move the following line:

  Application.Visible = .F.

to the Activate event of the Top-Level form.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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The "Application.Visible = .F." line hides the main Visual FoxPro window. The
reason the application loses focus and appears to open minimized is related to
the sequence of events. Because the form's Init event sets the application's
Visible property to false, the application is hidden and focus returns to the
last active object or application. Even though the application no longer has
focus, the code continues executing as a background process.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create a program called Runhide.prg, and paste the following code:

  oLost = CREATEOBJECT('NOFOCUS')
  oLost.Show()
  READ EVENTS
  RETURN

  DEFINE CLASS noFocus AS FORM
      AutoCenter = .T.
      Height  = 450
      Width   = 640
      Caption = "Lost Focus Form"
      Visible = .T.
      ShowWindow = 2
      WindowType = 0

      ADD OBJECT frmcaption AS frmcap WITH Top=225, Left=220

      PROCEDURE Init
          Application.Visible = .F.
      ENDPROC

      PROCEDURE Click()
          ThisForm.Release
          CLEAR EVENTS
          Application.Visible = .T.
      ENDPROC
  ENDDEFINE

  DEFINE CLASS frmcap AS LABEL
      FontName = "Arial"
      FontSize = 10
      FontBold = .T.
      Caption = "Click anywhere on the form to close"
      Visible = .T.
      AutoSize = .T.
  ENDDEFINE

2. At a command prompt, type the following command:

  "DO RUNHIDE" (without the quotation marks)

3. To hide the main Visual FoxPro window while the application retains focus,
  create a program called Nohide.prg, and paste the following code:

  oNotLost = CREATEOBJECT('NOFOCUS')
  oNotLost.Show()
  READ EVENTS
  RETURN

  DEFINE CLASS hasFocus AS FORM
      AutoCenter = .T.
      Height  = 450
      Width   = 640
      Caption = "Has Focus Form"
      Visible = .T.
      ShowWindow = 2
      WindowType = 0

      ADD OBJECT frmcaption AS frmcap WITH Top=225, Left=220

      PROCEDURE Activate
          Application.Visible = .F.
      ENDPROC

      PROCEDURE Click()
          ThisForm.Release
          CLEAR EVENTS
          Application.Visible = .T.
      ENDPROC
  ENDDEFINE

  DEFINE CLASS frmcap AS LABEL
      FontName = "Arial"
      FontSize = 10
      FontBold = .T.
      Caption = "Click anywhere on the form to close"
      Visible = .T.
      AutoSize = .T.
  ENDDEFINE

4. At a command prompt, type the following command:

  "DO NOHIDE" (without the quotation marks)

REFERENCES
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Visual FoxPro Help, version 5.00; search on: "Application"
Visual FoxPro Help, version 5.00; search on: "Visible"

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbHWMAC kbvfp kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a
Version           : :5.0,5.0a,6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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