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PRB: SET TALK ON Does Not Work with SET STATUS BAR ON

Article ID: 112084

Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003

Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q112084

SYMPTOMS

The SET TALK command is ON, but command output does not display on the desktop.

CAUSE

The SET STATUS BAR command is ON. This displays a Windows-style status bar, which prevents the display of the command output controlled by the SET TALK command.

RESOLUTION

Use the character-based status bar, which is displayed by the command SET STATUS ON.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

In FoxPro for MS-DOS, any time the SET TALK command is ON, command output is displayed in the active output area (usually the desktop). In FoxPro for Windows and Visual FoxPro, however, the type of status bar in effect determines whether the SET TALK output is displayed.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Type the following in the Command window:
```
      SET TALK ON
      SET STATUS BAR ON
      x = "test"
						
```
Note that the character string "test" does not display on the desktop.
Type the following in the Command window:
```
      SET STATUS ON
      x = "test"
```

Note that the character string "test" now displays on the desktop.

For more information about the two types of status bars used in FoxPro for Windows and FoxPro for Macintosh, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

93585 Using the Two Status Bar Styles in FoxPro

(c) Microsoft Corporation 2000, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Kevin Zollman, Microsoft Corporation.

Additional query words: FoxMac FoxWin 2.50 question mark question-mark output vfoxwin vfoxmac akz

Keywords: KB112084