Main menu bar disappeared

system · June 21, 2004, 11:36am

Hi,

In the designer module my main menu is disappeared. Now I am accessing the menu only through the hot keys like ALT-F for file. Any one please help me out to solve this problem.

I am using BO 6.0.0 with Oracle 9i.

Any solution to this would be highly appreciated.

Thanx in advance.

Cheers,

Raja Rajan (BOB member since 2004-06-10)

system · June 21, 2004, 12:03pm

Check if you have unchecked this in toolbar option.If it doesn’t work restart your mcahine.Even if it fails you need to go for fresh installation.

Cheers
Pranaya

pranaya (BOB member since 2004-05-12)

system · June 21, 2004, 12:18pm

Hello,

My colleague is facing exactly the same problem on her PC.

She has to use the CTR+F solution since more than 3 months.

A full re-install is perhaps a good idea but the only official Business Object CD is kept by the BO admin as a treasure.

So we try to avoid this procedure.

If anybody has a better method, dont hesitate to inform us.

Regards

François

francoisbyvoet (BOB member since 2004-06-01)

MarkP · June 21, 2004, 3:56pm

There’s a workaround for this by pressing ALT+F11 to invoke the visual basic editor and Press CTRL + G. Then type application.cmdbars.activemenubar.visible = true and click enter

system · June 21, 2004, 7:24pm

Or if you have problems lauching the VB editor from Designer (I have) you may be a able to reference from a VBA host app (like Excel) - Tools/References/BO Designer and then follow the directions above.

jswoboda (BOB member since 2002-06-20)

system · June 21, 2004, 7:28pm

This won’t work from Designer, since it’s not a VBA host. You’ll have to use BusObj or Excel (or other VBA host), set a reference to Designer, start a session of Designer, and then do the “trick” described previously.

Dwayne Hoffpauir (BOB member since 2002-09-19)

system · June 22, 2004, 4:26am

Dwayne,

Did you get it to working???

I don’t think ActiveMenubar property is there for Designer App… That trick should work for Reporter module though…

Sridharan (BOB member since 2002-11-08)

system · June 22, 2004, 7:23am

what Sridharan is saying is absolutely correct. ActiveMenuBar property is not there for designer. I tried tha trick but its not working.So please give me any other solution.

Thanx in advance.

Cheers

Raja Rajan (BOB member since 2004-06-10)

system · June 22, 2004, 1:24pm

Agreed … I just assumed it would be the same as Reporter. Silly me.

Dwayne Hoffpauir (BOB member since 2002-09-19)

system · June 22, 2004, 1:36pm

It’s quite likely a registry setting. I don’t have time to tinker with that at the moment, but if you compare the settings between a working and broken machine (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\BusinessObjects\5.0\design\DESIGNER, I think), it might give you a clue.

Dwayne Hoffpauir (BOB member since 2002-09-19)

system · November 3, 2004, 8:57pm

I know this is a pretty old thread, but did anyone figure out a way to fix this? I had it happen in reporter and fixed it there, but now it’s disappeared in designer too and I can’t get it back.

Thanks!
Angie

Angie (BOB member since 2003-11-19)

system · March 4, 2005, 6:39am

Hi,

I know its a pretty old thread, but still any luck in getting back the missing main menu bar in Designer. 

Reinstallation is the last resort; if anybody faced the same problem and able to fix it without reinstallation, please post the idea in BOB, it would be helpful to everyone.

ravi.

palepuravi (BOB member since 2003-10-28)

system · March 4, 2005, 8:02am

hu… when I rememer right for the reporter you had to delete a certain registry key/branch …
doesn’t this work here to?

If you try it … be shure to backup your registry first!
Reinstalling would possibly not work if an old registrysetting is blocking it…

Wobi - just guessing…

Wolfgang Bidner (BOB member since 2002-08-30)

system · March 4, 2005, 8:20am

In BusinessObjects version 5.x:

Delete …folder of the module ; “busobj”, “design” or “superv”:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\BusinessObjects\5.0

In BusinessObjects version 6.x:
Delete the following System Registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_ USER\Software\Business Objects\Suite 6.0\default\BusinessObjects\Application Preferences\Business Reporter\BusinessObjects

Wobi

Wolfgang Bidner (BOB member since 2002-08-30)

system · March 4, 2005, 8:37am

Hi Wobi,

Thanks for the tip. I done the following stuff and it worked:

Deleted the following folder from the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_ USER\Software\Business Objects\Suite 6.0\default\BusinessObjects\Application Preferences\BusinessDesigner

Thanks once again.

ravi.

palepuravi (BOB member since 2003-10-28)

system · March 15, 2005, 9:50pm

The same happened to me today - I resolved it by deleting any registry folders that had a name of a userid or the word settings or preferences.
Worked ok - let me know if you want specific folder names.

Rgrds
MikeD

MikeD (BOB member since 2002-06-18)

system · March 28, 2005, 3:23pm

Mike

Please post the folder names if you have them. I am experiencing the same prob in Designer, although I can log in as another user and not have the problem. This is the second time and the last time BO support killed my installation with improper registry deletes. I had to reimage my PC in order to get BusinessObjects working again.

BadgerMN (BOB member since 2004-12-29)

system · November 24, 2005, 8:46am

Hi,
I used the registry folder specified by palepuravi and it worked. You might wan to try that ? And do a backup of registry first as usual.

By the way, anyone knows what is the cause of this (if it is too technical to explain then it’s alrite )? Seem to be a random occurence ?

Thanx.

krondor (BOB member since 2005-02-28)

system · September 11, 2009, 3:28pm

Thank you so much.
I had the same problem on Desktop Intelligence XI R2, now it works!!
Bye and thank you again

bagnino (BOB member since 2008-05-26)

system · January 26, 2010, 2:59pm

Well I tried the Vba aproach and it seemed to work:

I created an excel sheet , introduced a form with a button
added BOdesigner to the references and then added this code

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

Dim d As Designer.Application
Set d = New Designer.Application

For i = 1 To d.CmdBars.Count

d.CmdBars.Item(i).Visible = True

Next i
d.Quit
End Sub

pushed the button and the menubar was back.

Greetings,

Gaetan Maerten

gmaerten (BOB member since 2009-12-15)