Hi Ken,

Didn't quite understand your situation from your first explanation, but now I think I do.

I have a similar situation with the framework that I use. That framework automatically "hides" the VFP Standard toolbar that's active when the app fires. If the app *blows up*, that toolbar never gets un-hidden...then when VFP exits, it -saves the state- to the Resource file, and the next time VFP starts, the toolbar doesn't show up. Used to drive me insane until I realized what was happening.

IMHO, there are three options -- turn off the resource file, edit the resource file and kill all of the references to the toolbar, or write a method to turn it back on.

The way I fix it -- I have a VFP "getout" method that I (try to remember to) run when an app blows up. It basically does a SHOW WINDOW "Standard" (you could use it for "Form Controls" or whatever) to bring back the desired toolbars, and then QUITs VFP. Doesn't *always* work, but it's better than it was before.

As a quick out, you can start VFP, turn the toolbars you want on in View, and exit VFP right away. Then they'll come back up again.


>Erik,
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>Intersting how different people work! I don't know that I've ever used the Standard toolbar - but I don't know how anyone can live without the layout tollbar!
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>Anyway - with my problem even restarting my machine didn't fix it - so - I opened ALL the toolbars and started pushing buttons to see what was affected, and voila - all of a sudden the layout and form desighenr toolbars started working again! Strange huh? This has to be a bug .
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>thanks - Ken
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>>>HI,
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>>>VFP6 SP3 ...
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>>>I, from time to time, have had a problem with my Layout toolbar going "disabled" for no apparent reason (although I'm sure its related to something). Usually just closing and reopening it fixes it.
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>>>Now however, I have a differnt problem with both the layout and form designer toolbar. When I click a butoon, it "stays pushed in" as if it were some kind of radio button. I can actually push them all "in" and they stay that way unitl I close and open the toolbar - then I can do it again. Although they are "pushed in", they still seem to work - so it is not an emergency - but has anyone else seen this or know what to do?
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>>I ahve no idea what causes it, but I get it from time to time too. I think it has something to do with some of my code that runs at design time, because it only happens in certain projects, but not consistently. I have just been dealing with it by closing and reopening the toolbar. (The only toolbar I have noticed it on is the Standard toolbar- I rarely use the layout toolbar).