I remember using those mem files way back then as well. Before there was oAPP there was restore from ....
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 1:27 PM Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
I think we're confusing a bunch of related items, as "screen" has been used to mean different things at different times in Xbase and Fox.
SAVE SCREEN TO <memvar> saves an memory variable of the text and colors of a DOS screen. Reverse engineering that format from .MEM files was the basis of a well-received article in FoxTalk October 1992 by a new-writer-to-the-Fox-world by the name of Ted Roche <s>.
Screen variables, General Fields and .MEM files were favorite ways to blow up VFP while beta-testing new versions, as they are odd ducks and not always well supported by commands like ALLTRIM() <g>
A data table type Picture was created for the Mac version of FoxPro 2.x, perhaps 1.x, but sadly my references for those days have gone to the great paper recycling center.
SCREEN is also the name of the underlying background to the IDE, as in ACTIVATE WINDOW SCREEN
_SCREEN is the VFP Object representing the updated version of that window, and an interesting place to hang additional things for global reference.
CLEAR SCREEN as Bill points out, is how to clear that window.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Bill Anderson billand88@gmail.com wrote:
Gene,
Screen type (S) is old DOS functionality to capture the DOS screen to a variable. I believe the command CLEAR SCREEN would clear them out.
Bill Anderson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:13 PM Gene Wirchenko genew@telus.net wrote:
Hello:
I finished all of my boss's requests for the moment, and now, Iam back working on my grid replacement. Some day, maybe, I will have
one.
I am curious about some VFP data types. What exactly are they? For each of them, is the data type ever used as a table orcursor's column data type or as the type of an input control's data value? For some, I have another question.
G: General I understand this type should be avoided. Is it of any use these days?
O: Object No additional question.
S: Screen What is this type?
B: Blob No additional question.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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