Windows Commands and Functions

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07/09/2007

These commands and functions make it possible for you to create, display, and activate user-defined windows.

Use	To
ACTIVATE WINDOW Command	Display and activate one or more user-defined windows or Visual FoxPro system windows.
BorderStyle Property	Specify the border style of an object.
CLEAR Commands	Release the specified item or items from memory.
CREATE FORM Command	Open the Form Designer.
DEACTIVATE WINDOW Command	Deactivate user-defined windows or Visual FoxPro system windows and remove them from the screen, but not from memory.
DEFINE WINDOW Command	Create a window and specify its attributes.
HIDE WINDOW Command	Hide an active user-defined window or Microsoft Visual FoxPro system window.
MODIFY FORM Command	Open the Form Designer so you can modify or create a form.
MODIFY WINDOW Command	Modifie a user-defined window or the main Visual FoxPro window.
MOVE WINDOW Command	Move a user-defined window created with DEFINE WINDOW, or a Visual FoxPro system window, to a new location.
Refresh Method	Repaint a form or control and refresh any values, or refresh a project's visual display.
RELEASE WINDOWS Command	Remove user-defined windows or Visual FoxPro system windows from memory.
RESTORE WINDOW Command	Restore to memory window definitions and window statuses saved to a window file or memo field.
SAVE WINDOWS Command	Save all or specified window definitions to a window file or memo field.
SHOW WINDOW Command	Display one or more user-defined windows or Visual FoxPro system windows without activating them.
SIZE WINDOW Command	Change the size of a window created with DEFINE WINDOW or a Visual FoxPro system window.
TextBox Control	Create a text box.
WBORDER( ) Function	Determine whether the active or specified window has a border.
WCHILD( ) Function	Return either the number of child windows in a parent window or the names of the child windows in the order in which they are stacked in the parent window.
WCOLS( ) Function	Return the number of columns within the active or specified window.
WEXIST( ) Function	Determine whether the specified user-defined window exists.
WFONT( ) Function	Return the name, size, or style of the current font for a window in Visual FoxPro for Windows.
WLAST( ) Function	Return the name of the window that was active prior to the current window or determines whether the specified window was active prior to the current window.
WLCOL( ) Function	Return the column coordinate of the upper-left corner of the active or specified window.
WLROW( ) Function	Return the row coordinate of the upper-left corner of the active or specified window.
WMAXIMUM( ) Function	Determine whether the active or specified window is maximized.
WMINIMUM( ) Function	Determine whether the active or specified window is minimized.
WONTOP( ) Function	Determine whether the active or specified window is in front of all other windows.
WOUTPUT( ) Function	Determine whether output is being directed to the active or specified window.
WPARENT( ) Function	Return the name of the parent window of the active or specified window.
WREAD( ) Function	Included for backward compatibility. Use the Form Designer instead.
WROWS( ) Function	Return the number of rows within the active or specified window.
WTITLE( ) Function	Return the title assigned to the active or specified window.
WVISIBLE( ) Function	Determine if the specified window has been activated and isn't hidden.
ZOOM WINDOW Command	Change the size and position of a user-defined window or a Visual FoxPro system window.

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