How to hide and restore (unhide) system toolbars in Visual FoxPro 3.0 and later versions

Step-by-Step Example

1. From the File menu, choose New. Select the Program option, and choose the New File button to bring up the Modify Program window.
2. Enter the following source 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
   
      *******************************************************
      * 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
   
        PRIVATE lnCnt
   
        FOR lnCnt=1 TO ALEN(gaTbsets,1)
          IF gaTbsets(lnCnt,2)
            Show WINDOW (gaTbsets(lnCnt,1))
          ENDIF
        ENDFOR
      RETURN
   							

3. Save the program, and run it.