Menu is allways enabled

[mkendi]

Although I call a modal form with DO FORM xxx from a menu, the main-menu does not change to his dimmed form, so the user can select the form more than once.
In all my other vfp programs the behaviour of the main-menu is as expected: dimmed, after the user has selected a modal form.
The only special thing in this form is a simple timer.
Thanks for your help in advance

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

mkendi

You can enable/disable menu options through the Skip For option available in the dialog when you click on the Options button in the Menu designer

If you launch your form through a procedure on the menu, you could put :-

PUBLIC oForm1
DO FORM form1 NAME oForm1

to be the procedure.

In the Skip For option put

VARTYPE(oForm1) = [O]

Thus if the form exists, the menu option will be disabled.

In the .Unload() event of form1, put :-

RELEASE oForm1

to release the object reference.

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Chris

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[mkendi]

Thanks for the fast reply.
I will test it in the next minutes.
But can you explain me, why the menu does not disable, when the modal form appears?

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

mkendi

Sounds as though your form is a top-level form which means it can't be modal.

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[mkendi]

I have tested your tip. Unfortunately it does not work. But it was a good idea.
So I made a SubMenu, and now the menu is disabled, as soon as the form appears.
Thanks anyway.

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

mkendi

I had assumed, (usually a mistake), that you were calling your form from a submenu, in which case the code works.

If not, as it appears, then without running the menu again to 'refresh' it, the menu option will not be disabled.

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Chris

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