Article ID: 129976
Article Last Modified on 1/24/2005
Terminology Interface Tools Language Keystrokes Screens Tables and Databases Menus Reports and LabelsMost of this information is also available in separate, smaller Help topics in the Visual FoxPro Help file.
FoxPro Version 2.6 Term Visual FoxPro Term
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@ ... GET field text box control
Blanks or empty Null values
fields or variables
Browse (in a Form) Grid control
Buffer Record and table buffers and transactions.
(See "Buffering Access to Data" and "Using
Transactions" in the Visual FoxPro Help file.)
Code snippets Properties, methods, and event code.
(See "Setting Properties at Design Time" and
"Assigning Method and Event Code" in the Visual
FoxPro Help file.)
Control Control
Database Database
Edit region EditBox control
Long names Long names.
(See "Visual FoxPro Naming Rules" in the Visual
FoxPro Help file.)
Object Object
Popup ComboBox control
Power tools Visual designers and toolboxs.
(See "Using Designers" and "Using Toolbars" in
the Visual FoxPro Help file.)
PushButton CommandButton control
Radio button OptionButton control
Screen Form
Screen picture Image control
Screen set Form set
Table Table
Text Label control
FoxPro 2.6 clause, command, Visual FoxPro command, function,
function, or feature property, event, or method
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@ ... SAY Left Property, Top property
@ ... SAY PICTURE Image, OLE Bound
BORDER BorderStyle property
MOVE WINDOW CENTER AutoCenter property
Color ColorSourceForeColor, BackColor property
Color scheme ForeColor property, BackColor property,
ColorScheme property
Date data type Date Data Type and Date Time Type
DBCONNECT SQLCONNECT( ) Function
DBEXEC SQLEXEC( ) Function
DEACTIVATE MENU, Deactivate Event
DEACTIVATE POPUP,
DEACTIVATE WINDOW
@ ... GET DEFAULT Default property
DEFINE WINDOW CLOSE Closable property
DEFINE WINDOW FLOAT Movable property
DEFINE WINDOW HALFHEIGHT HalfHeightCaption property
DEFINE WINDOW ICON FILE Icon property
EMPTY( ), BLANK( ) to check ISNULL( ) to check for null values
for non-existent data representing unknown or non-existent data
Enable, Disable Enabled property
Font (Text Menu) FontName property
Font size (Font dialog) FontSize property
Font style bold (Font dialog) FontBold property
Font style italic (Font dialog) FontItalic property
@ ... SAY FUNCTION, Format property
any @ ... GET FUNCTION
Height Height property
Horizontal position Left property
(Screen Layout dialog)
@ ... GET MESSAGE cMessageText StatusBarText property
MODIFY SCREEN MODIFY FORM command
MODIFY STRUCTURE TABLE Designer
Numeric data type Numeric data type plus Float field type,
Integer field type, Double field type,
and Currency data type
Picture InputMask property
READ ACTIVATE ReadActivate event
READ CYCLE ReadCycle property
READ DEACTIVATE ReadDeactivate event
READ LOCK ReadLock property
READ NOMOUSE ReadMouse property
READ SAVE ReadSave property
READ SHOW ReadShow event
READ TIMEOUT ReadTimeout property
READ VALID ReadValid event
READ WHEN ReadWhen event
Screen Name Name
SET NOCPTRANS (See "Preventing Translation of Data in
Character or Memo Fields" in the Visual
FoxPro Help file)
SHOW GET, SHOW GETS Refresh method
Size (Screen Layout dialog) Height, Width properties
Style (Font dialog) FontBold, FontItalic, FontUnderline
properties, FontShadow property,
FontOutline property, FontStrikeThru
property
Terminate on selection TerminateRead property
(Screen Builder)
Title (Screen Builder) Caption property
Valid (Screen Builder) Click event, DblClick event, LostFocus
event, Valid event
Valid Error ErrorMessage
Vertical position Top property
(Screen Layout dialog)
When (Screen Builder) GotFocus event, When event
Width (Screen Builder) Width property
FoxPro 2.6 feature Visual FoxPro feature
or functionality or functionality
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Character field with NOCPTRANS Character (BINARY) field type.
characteristic (See "Data and Field Types"
in the Visual FoxPro Help file.)
General field size Now 4 bytes. (See "General Field Type" in
the Visual FoxPro Help file.)
Memo field size Now 4 bytes. (See "Memo Field Type" in
the Visual FoxPro Help file.)
Memo field with NOCPTRANS Memo (BINARY) field type. (See "Data and
characteristic Field Types" in the Visual FoxPro Help
file.)
Numeric fields Currency data type, Double field type,
Float field type, Integer field type, or
Numeric data type.
OLE data in a General field OLE Bound Control.
Visual FoxPro tables can accept null values. To prevent errors generated by
attempts to store null values to FoxPro version 2.6 variables or to Visual
FoxPro controls, initialize variables or arrays. To prevent users from
attempting to store null values to tables, you can disable the NULL-entry
key combination by using this statement:
ON KEY LABEL CTRL+0 *
FoxPro 2.6 Key Visual FoxPro Key Definition or
Combination Combination Difference
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Ctrl + N Create a new file
Ctrl + N Ctrl + Y Add a record to a Browse window
Ctrl + O Ctrl + E DO program in edit window
You can insert null values into null-enabled fields by pressing CTRL+0. If
you don't want your users to store null values to variables, disable this
key combination with the following command:
ON KEY LABEL Ctrl+0 *
FoxPro 2.6 menu command Visual FoxPro menu command
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1 1/2 Space (Text Menu) 1 1/2 Space (Format Menu)
Append (Record Menu) Append Records (Table Menu)
Append From (Database Menu) Import (File Menu)
Beautify (Program Menu) Documenting Wizard (Tools Menu)
professional Edition only
FoxDoc (Program Menu) Documenting Wizard (Tools Menu)
Professional Edition only
Browse (Record Menu) Browse (View Menu)
Change Links (Edit Menu) Links (Edit Menu)
Copy To (Database Menu) Export (File Menu)
Debug (Program Menu) Debug Window (Tools Menu)
Delete (Record Menu) Delete Records (Table Menu)
Double Space (Text Menu) Double Space (Format Menu)
Enlarge (Text Menu) Enlarge (Format Menu)
Find Again (Edit Menu) Find (Edit Menu)
Replace and Find Replace (Edit Menu)
Again (Edit Menu),
Replace All (Edit Menu)
Font (Text Menu) Font (Format Menu)
Generate (Program Menu) Visual FoxPro generates only menus.
Goto (Record Menu) Go To Record (Table Menu)
Indent (Text Menu) Indent (Format Menu)
Label (Database Menu) Print (File Menu)
Locate (Record Menu) Locate Record (Table Menu)
Macros (Program Menu) Macros (Tools Menu)
Pack (Database Menu) Remove Deleted Records (Database Menu)
Printer Setup (File Menu) Page Setup (File Menu)
Recall (Record Menu) Recall Records (Table Menu)
Reduce (Text Menu) Reduce (Format Menu)
Reindex (Database Menu) Rebuild Indexes (Table Menu)
Rebuild Indexes (Database Menu)
Replace (Record Menu) Replace Records (Table Menu)
Report (Database Menu) Print (File Menu)
Label (Database Menu)
Single Space (Text Menu) Single Space (Format Menu)
Spelling (Text Menu) Spelling (Tools Menu)
Trace (Program Menu) Trace Window (Tools Menu)
Undent (Text Menu) Remove Indent (Format Menu)
FoxPro 2.6 tool Visual FoxPro tool ----------------------------------------------- Catalog Manager Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager Screen Builder Form Designer Align (Object menu) Layout toolbox Screen Builder Toolbox Form Controls toolbox Control dialogs and Properties window screen layout dialogs Menu Builder Menu Designer RQBE Query Designer Report Writer Report Designer Label Designer Label Designer View window options Tools Menu items Transporter Conversion Options dialog box Browse window Grid Control
Visual FoxPro property,
FoxPro 2.6 screen feature method, or event
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#DEFINE, #INSERT preprocessor Global include file called by new
statements .SPR file. (See "Checking the .SPR File"
in the Visual FoxPro Help file.)
#Section 1 Setup code Form set Load event
#Section 2 Setup code Form Load event
Cleanup code except procedures Unload event
Code snippets Method and event code and properties
Constants Resolved only in method and event code
(See "Checking the .SPR File" in the
Visual FoxPro Help file.)
Macro substitutions Unresolved in properties. Use variables
instead (See "Checking Converted FoxPro
2.6 Screens" in the Visual FoxPro Help
file.)
READ WindowType property
For more details on changing screen code in forms, see "Language
Differences" or "Checking Code After Conversion" in the Visual FoxPro Help
file.
FoxPro 2.6 report Visual FoxPro report
or label feature or label feature
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Controls generated with the Might need adjustment in Visual FoxPro
Report Wizard using "Position
Relative To" options
Memo field size Now 4 bytes. (See "Memo field type" in
the Visual FoxPro Help file)
REPORT TO FILE REPORT TO FILE ASCII creates simple
text file
REPORT ENVIRONMENTLABEL Data Environment (View Menu)
ENVIRONMENT (See "Setting Report and Data Sources"
and "Controlling a Report's Data
Sources" in the Visual FoxPro Help file)
For more information on Visual FoxPro reports and labels, please see the
"Report Designer" topic in the Visual FoxPro Help file.
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