Microsoft KB Archive/128074

= How to Refer to a Form from a Menu or a Program =

Article ID: 128074

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2000

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q128074



SUMMARY
The Windows Interface Guidelines specify that an option available from a toolbar should also be available on a menu. The toolbar or the menu might be associated with different forms, and it might be necessary to have a way to access a form's methods without explicitly naming it.



MORE INFORMATION
The ACTIVEFORM property specifies the active form in a form set or on the main FoxPro window. It can be used to refer to a form from a menu or a toolbar. However, to access a method of a form, you must identify and go down the container hierarchy. A generic way to access a form would therefore include the highest container, the main FoxPro window. The _SCREEN memory variable is a reference to the main FoxPro window, so the following shows a generic way to call a method of a form from a menu: _SCREEN.ActiveForm.callmethod Use the same method if the form is in a form set.

Additional query words: VFoxWin 3.00

Keywords: KB128074

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.