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Mike Gagnon
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And if you do DIR TO file.txt you would be a similar result. Its not a sofisticated command. You may consider using ADIR() and creatin your own display any way you like.
Mike Gagnon
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And if you do DIR TO file.txt you would be a similar result. Its not a sofisticated command. You may consider using ADIR() and creatin your own display any way you like.
Mike Gagnon
If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
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Brian,
Your message intrigued me - I'd have never thought to use these old FPD settings. It turns out that they just do what Dave suggested - change the _SCREEN fontname and size - depending on what you have available.
There was a thread a while back where this topic was discussed and it was decided that by using a fixed width font like 'Courier New' or 'FoxFont' would give the best results.
Rick
Your message intrigued me - I'd have never thought to use these old FPD settings. It turns out that they just do what Dave suggested - change the _SCREEN fontname and size - depending on what you have available.
There was a thread a while back where this topic was discussed and it was decided that by using a fixed width font like 'Courier New' or 'FoxFont' would give the best results.
Rick
Rick,
The advantage to stumbling around and teaching myself both basic programing and VFP at the same time is that I have no bias towards new or old commands since they're all new to me.
My question is why the default isn't the equivalent of VGA25?
Does VFP get the default from somewhere else (meant to be helpful) or is it just "the way things have always been"?
Brian
The advantage to stumbling around and teaching myself both basic programing and VFP at the same time is that I have no bias towards new or old commands since they're all new to me.
My question is why the default isn't the equivalent of VGA25?
Does VFP get the default from somewhere else (meant to be helpful) or is it just "the way things have always been"?
Brian
Brian,
The defaults are stored in the registry when VFP is first installed at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\7.0\Desktop\ - FontName, FontSize, FontStyle and (I think) FontCharSet. I believe it starts with a standard Windows font - Arial ?
Since FoxFont 9 was used with SET DISPLAY TO VGA25 on my system, and this was only "officially" available with an install of FPW, I'm not sure what VFP would or could use instead.
Rick
The defaults are stored in the registry when VFP is first installed at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\7.0\Desktop\ - FontName, FontSize, FontStyle and (I think) FontCharSet. I believe it starts with a standard Windows font - Arial ?
Since FoxFont 9 was used with SET DISPLAY TO VGA25 on my system, and this was only "officially" available with an install of FPW, I'm not sure what VFP would or could use instead.
Rick
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