Consider the following scenario in Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2:

•	You have a top-level single-document interface (SDI) form that contains a toolbar.
•	You set the ShowWindow property of the toolbar to 1.
•	You open another form inside the SDI form.
•	You set the WindowType property and the ShowWindow property of the second form to 1.

In this scenario, the toolbar on the SDI form is disabled.

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Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

You must have Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Vfp9.exe	9.0.0.6303	5,783,552	03-Mar-2008	21:03
Vfp9r.dll	9.0.0.6303	4,734,976	03-Mar-2008	21:03
Vfp9runtime.msm	Not Applicable	4,583,424	04-Mar-2008	00:49
Vfp9t.dll	9.0.0.6303	3,907,584	03-Mar-2008	21:04

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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For more information about the ShowWindow property, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:For more information about the WindowType property, visit the following MSDN Web site:For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Steps to reproduce the problem

1.

Copy the following code into a new Visual FoxPro program file, and then run the code. PUBLIC oform1 oform1=NEWOBJECT("frmParent") oform1.SHOW RETURN DEFINE CLASS frmParent AS FORM HEIGHT = 387 WIDTH = 570 SHOWWINDOW = 2 AUTOCENTER = .T. CAPTION = "Toolbar Test" ToolB1 = .NULL. ADD OBJECT command1 AS COMMANDBUTTON WITH ; TOP = 192, LEFT = 132, HEIGHT = 37, ; WIDTH = 253, CAPTION = "OPEN LEVEL2 WINDOW", ; NAME = "Command1" PROCEDURE ACTIVATE WITH THIS IF VARTYPE(.ToolB1) # 'O' OR ISNULL(.ToolB1) .ToolB1 = NEWOBJECT('mytoolbar') .ToolB1.SHOW() ENDIF ENDWITH PROCEDURE command1.CLICK PUBLIC Level2 Level2 = NEWOBJECT('Level2') Level2.SHOW() ENDDEFINE DEFINE CLASS Level2 AS FORM HEIGHT = 256 WIDTH = 387 SHOWWINDOW = 1 AUTOCENTER = .T. CAPTION = "Level 2" WINDOWTYPE = 1 NAME = "LEVEL2" ENDDEFINE DEFINE CLASS MyToolbar AS TOOLBAR SHOWWINDOW = 1 PROCEDURE INIT WITH THIS LOCAL i AS INTEGER FOR i = 1 TO 4 .ADDOBJECT( 'Cmd' + TRANS( i ), 'MyCMD' ) ENDFOR .SETALL( 'Visible', .T., 'MyCmd' ) .SETALL( 'Width', 50, 'MyCmd' ) ENDWITH ENDDEFINE DEFINE CLASS MyCMD AS COMMANDBUTTON PROCEDURE CLICK WAIT WINDOW THIS.CAPTION TIMEOUT 1 ENDDEFINE An SDI form opens automatically. The toolbar and the buttons on the SDI form are enabled.

2.

To open the modal form, click the command button on the form. The toolbar on the SDI form is disabled.

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