Hi Gang!

Why does SHOW WINDOW "Standard" work when manually coding (the command window), but not in code?

Here is the Microsoft Code I was using the hide the toolbars of VFP when starting an application, and then restoring them when exiting back to FoxPro for more debugging.

the save code.....

****************************************************
* PROGRAM NAME: TBSAVE.PRG                         *
*--------------------------------------------------*
* This routine saves the status of the system      *
* toolbars in the global array gaTbsets. Call the  *
* procedure TBREST to restore the system toolbars  *
* to their saved state                             *
****************************************************
PROCEDURE TBSAVE
PUBLIC gaTbsets
PRIVATE lnCnt,lnTB
lnTB=11

DIMENSION gaTbsets[lnTB,2]

gaTbsets[1,1]="Color Palette"
gaTbsets[2,1]="Database Designer"
gaTbsets[3,1]="Form Controls"
gaTbsets[4,1]="Form Designer"
gaTbsets[5,1]="Layout"
gaTbsets[6,1]="Print Preview"
gaTbsets[7,1]="Query Designer"
gaTbsets[8,1]="Report Controls"
gaTbsets[9,1]="Report Designer"
gaTbsets[10,1]="Standard"
gaTbsets[11,1]="View Designer"

FOR lnCnt=1 TO lnTB
     IF WEXIST(gaTbsets(lnCnt,1))
          gaTbsets(lnCnt,2)=.T.
          HIDE WINDOW (gaTbsets(lnCnt,1))
     ELSE
          gaTbsets(lnCnt,2)=.F.
     ENDIF
ENDFOR

RETURN

and the restore code

*******************************************************
* PROGRAM NAME: TBREST.PRG                            *
*-----------------------------------------------------*
* This routine restores the system toolbars to        *
* their saved state as defined in the array gaTbsets. *
* Save this as TBREST.PRG                             *
*******************************************************
PROCEDURE TBREST

EXTERNAL ARRAY gaTbsets

     PRIVATE lnCnt

     FOR lnCnt=1 TO ALEN(gaTbsets,1)
          IF gaTbsets(lnCnt,2)
               SHOW WINDOW (gaTbsets(lnCnt,1))
          ENDIF
     ENDFOR
     RETURN

Any ideas? Thanks!