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# How to Use Outshow with FoxPro for Macintosh

Article ID: 109146

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2003

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q109146

## SUMMARY

On the Macintosh platform, the term "outshow" means to momentarily hide all the windows that are currently displayed in front of the active output window. FoxPro for Macintosh supports the outshow feature.

## MORE INFORMATION

Outshow is enabled or disabled by placing the appropriate line in the CONFIG.FPM file. By default, outshow is enabled.
To turn off outshow, add the following line to the CONFIG.FPM file:

OUTSHOW=OFF

To turn on outshow, add the following line to the CONFIG.FPM file:

OUTSHOW=ON

This setting can be changed only through the CONFIG.FPM file at FoxPro launch time and cannot be changed programmatically during the FoxPro session.
To activate the outshow feature while FoxPro is the active application, press the SHIFT+COMMAND+CTRL+OPTION key combination.
To demonstrate this feature, press the SHIFT+COMMAND+CTRL+OPTION key combination while the Command window is in front of the FoxPro desktop. The Command window will disappear and the FoxPro desktop will be the foremost window until you release the keys.

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Keywords: KB109146