Dialog Boxes (Visual FoxPro)

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This section explains the options that appear on various dialog boxes.

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  • Advanced Options Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to fine-tune how records are retrieved in a view or how updates are made to the server or source tables.
  • Append From Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to add records to the current table or view from another table, a spreadsheet, or text file.
  • Append From Options Dialog Box
    Specifies fields to append and allows you to build an expression that must be met by records that are to be appended.
  • Change Icon Dialog Box
    Specifies an icon to be used for a linked or embedded object on a form or in a General field of a table.
  • Check In Files Dialog Box
    Checks in changes made in your development environment working directory to your source code control database.
  • Check Out Files Dialog Box
    Checks out a copy of the selected files from your source code control provider and places a writable copy in the corresponding development environment working directory.
  • Class Info Dialog Box
    Shows various attributes of class members, their design-time appearance, and whether or not they are protected.
  • Code Page Dialog Box
    Allows you to assign a code page to a .dbf file or text file that does not have one.
  • Comment Dialog Box
    Allows you to enter notes or comments to identify the query or view and its purpose.
  • Coverage Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to specify options for logging program execution.
  • Create Dialog Box
    Allows you to specify the directory, name, and type of the new file.
  • Data Grouping Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to create group bands for separating groups of records visually, and displaying summary data for each group.
  • Do Dialog Box
    Allows you to specify a program or form file to run.
  • Edit Bands Dialog Box
    Displays a list of available bands so you can directly modify height, as well as entry and exit actions.
  • Edit Properties Dialog Box
    Allows you to set editing options for the current editing window or set color and font options for all editing sessions.
  • EXE Version Dialog Box
    Displays information about the build number as well as other information that you supply.
  • Execution Throttle Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to specify the delay in seconds between the execution of each line of code located in the Trace Window.
  • Export Dialog Box
    Allows you to export data from Visual FoxPro tables to a text file, spreadsheet, or common table format.
  • Expression Builder Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to create and edit expressions. An expression can be as simple as a field name or as complex as a calculation involving immediate IF functions, concatenations, and data type conversions.
  • Find Table or View Dialog Box
    Allows you to select a table or views you cannot locate in the database schema displayed in the Database Designer.
  • Font Dialog Box
    Controls the type, style, and size of fonts in a text file, field, or label control in a report, label, or in the Command window.
  • Having Dialog Box
    Specifies the conditions for selecting the groups of records to include in query output.
  • Import Dialog Box
    Allows you to import data to a table from a spreadsheet or another table format.
  • Include File Dialog Box
    Allows you to specify an include file containing predefined compile-time constants for a user-defined class, form, or form set.
  • Insert Object Dialog Box
    Lists the OLE objects you can link or embed in your application for forms or General fields in tables.
  • Insert Object Reference Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to see the name of all objects in the designer and insert a fully qualified reference to the object in your code.
  • Macros Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to define key combinations using the CTRL key, ALT key, or function keys to perform a series of keystrokes.
  • New Class Dialog Box
    Specifies information for a new class, which is then used by the Class Designer.
  • New Dialog Box
    Allows you to create new files using designers and wizards.
  • New Local View Dialog Box
    Lets you create a view of local tables or other views in a database using either the Local View wizard or View designer.
  • New Method Dialog Box
    Allows you to create a new method and specify the description and visibility of the method.
  • New Property Dialog Box
    Allows you to create a new property and specify the description and visibility of the property.
  • New Table Dialog Box
    Allows you to create a new table in the database using the Table designer or the Table wizard.
  • Print Options Dialog Box
    Lets you print a text file, report, label, or the contents of the Command window or the Clipboard.
  • Print When Dialog Box
    Enables the conditional printing of an object based on the value of an expression and controls how objects print when bands are continued.
  • Query Destination Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to send the results of your query to seven different outputs. This command is available only for queries.
  • Replace Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to search for and replace specified text in the current file.
  • Report Picture Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to include bitmaps, icons, or other information from a General table field in your report or label.
  • Scope Dialog Box
    Specifies the records that Visual FoxPro acts on in the current table or view.
  • Set Grid Scale Dialog Box
    Lets you define horizontal and vertical increments of the grid in pixels and specifies whether the ruler displays in system units or pixels.
  • Tab Order Dialog Box
    Adjusts the order in which objects are accessed in the form when you use the keyboard.
  • Optional Bands Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to include a Title, Summary, or additional Detail bands in a report or label.
  • Work Area Properties Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to modify the structure of a table, select index files and fields, and define data filters. This dialog box appears when you choose Properties from the Table Menu.
  • XML Web Service - Complex Types Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to specify information for complex types such as table and field names for XML Web service operations that return ADO.NET DataSets or property names for a returned object.
  • XML Web Service - Operation Detail Dialog Box
    Makes it possible for you to choose specific XML Web service operations, or methods, you want to call from your application. You can also specify parameter values for these operations.

Related Sections

  • User Interface Reference (Visual FoxPro)
    Explains the options that appear on various dialog boxes, windows, and other user interfaces. These types of topics generally appear when you press F1 in a dialog box or window.
  • Developing Visual FoxPro Applications
    Includes conceptual information about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other tasks needed to create Visual FoxPro applications.
  • Programming in Visual FoxPro
    Describes how understanding object-oriented programming techniques and the event-driven model can maximize your programming productivity and enable you to access the full power of Visual FoxPro.
  • Reference (Visual FoxPro)
    Includes topics on productivity tools, as well as the controls, objects, properties, methods, events, statements, functions, and constants available.
  • Utility Programs
    Describes how these tools that are provided with Microsoft Visual FoxPro help speed the process of application development.