AFIELDS() Has Been Enhanced in Visual FoxPro

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To place the structure of a table that is not in the currently selected work area into an array, include the work area number or the alias name. If the work area number or alias name is not included, the currently selected table is used, which is the only behavior allowed in FoxPro version 2.X.

To test the difference in behavior run the following code in Visual FoxPro:

   CLOSE ALL
   USE C:\VFP\SAMPLES\MAINSAMP\DATA\Customer.dbf IN 1 EXCLUSIVE
   USE C:\VFP\SAMPLES\MAINSAMP\DATA\Employee.dbf IN 2 EXCLUSIVE
   SELECT CUSTOMER
   =AFIELDS(aMyarray,2)
   DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE aMyarray
				

Then run the following code in FoxPro version 2.X:

   CLOSE ALL
   USE C:\FPW\TUTORIAL\Customer.dbf IN 1 EXCLUSIVE
   USE C:\FPW\TUTORIAL\Salesman.dbf IN 2 EXCLUSIVE
   SELECT CUSTOMER
   =AFIELDS(aMyarray,2)
   DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE aMyarray
				

This code generates the error message "Too many arguments" in FoxPro version 2.x.