Question

If you use the Visual FoxPro 9 Application Framework to create a desktop standalone application and add a database and form, the exported exe shows a Quick Start on load which shows the form to select.

If one wants to show up his own MAIN MENU form on the exe load, what’s the way to do it? Using Set Main on the Menu Form does not work.

Here is a visual representation of the idea.

Answer 1

In its simplest steps then, aside from the “Wizards” you can use to build forms and bind to data environments, tables, grids, etc maybe this will help.

Create an empty project.

CREATE PROJECT MyApp

Go to the documents tab and add a new form. Put a few buttons as you’ve described on it. One of the buttons, allow to close the form, such as “Exit”. Double click this exit button and put in the code

CLEAR EVENTS
THISFORM.RELEASE()

Since there are no “data entry” elements on this form, we need something to make it keep focus. Buttons alone don’t just “do” that. Go to the properties sheet of the form and go down to “Window Type” and set it to “Modal” – meaning, keep this form up until its intentionally closed. (This also keeps as a baseline for you calling any OTHER forms from this one for your application.) Save the form, such as “MyMainForm”.

Click on the “Code” tab of the project and do a new “Program”. In its simplest context, put in

DO FORM MyMainForm
READ EVENTS

Save the program, such as MyStartupProgram. Once saved in the project, right-click on this program and select “Set Main” for this to be considered the single entry point to your entire application. Save, build the project and run it. You should be good to go.