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    Menubar missing

    I recently purchased and installed the full developer version of A5v6. When I start up the application, I only get the toolbar and no menubar with the File * View * Tools * Windwo * Bar. I have searched the forum and found no info. Please advise any solution. thanks
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    RE: Menubar missing

    Dave, the application that you are activating, was it created from scratch in V6 or are you trying to open an application from V4 or V5. I have had problems with V6 when opening an application created in other versions. Missing tool bars, missing fields on forms, crashes. What I have had to do is recreate whatever is messing up from scratch in V6.

    Good Luck

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      #3
      RE: Menubar missing

      Thanks for the reply. It was a new install and opening/creating a new database. I have tried uninstall/reinstall, reboot, redownloading the install file incase it was corrupt. Still no Alpha5 menubar.

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        RE: Menubar missing

        Dave,

        Not to put too fine a point on it, but I am assuming that you are talking about a form in a custom database that you created, rather than one of the samples provided with Alpha.

        Open the form in design mode via the Control Panel. In an area on the form that does not have an object on it, right click and select 'Properties' and then click the 'Menues'Toolbars' tab. In the Menus frame, all of the dialogs should say "System Menus". One of them might have been changed to "None".

        Dave
        Dave Jampole
        www.customalpha.com

        Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.

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          #5
          RE: Menubar missing

          Thanks again for the reply. But, no I am not talking about a custom menu. The standard system menubar is missing. Even without any database open or the alpha sports demo(after closing the A5 application), or when creating a new database, or when opening one I created on another machine(which works fine), does not work in the new installation.

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            #6
            RE: Menubar missing

            Dave,

            You got me. I checked the Settings and see nothing that would explain the absence of the menu bar. Hopefully someone smarter than me (not that difficult) can offer a solution.

            Dave
            Dave Jampole
            www.customalpha.com

            Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.

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              #7
              RE: Menubar missing

              Dave

              Are you using the standard windows appearance or are you using large fonts or a different background?

              Just ideas. I've seen this happen when things don't fit - ie large fonts.

              A fix all for some other problems is to delete the registry entries and run Alpha again so it can set the registry entries up again. You'll have to enter the license number again, but you don't have to re-activate.

              See attached image of the registry items to delete.
              Al Buchholz
              Bookwood Systems, LTD
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              Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
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              When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
              "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
              Albert Einstein

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                #8
                RE: Menubar missing

                thanks much....you got it, I.T. had setup my computer and I never checked, but Large Fonts were on. Turned them off and presto. Thanks again.

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                  #9
                  RE: Menubar missing

                  I am having the same problem. Deleting the registry key solved the missing toolbar but not the missing menu. I am using small fonts in 800 x 600 resolution. I also loaded the fix for the aex files that I found in here. Does anyone have any other ideas?
                  Thanks - Robin

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