Commands and Functions Affected by SET COMPATIBLE

See Also

All file processing commands with a drive reference (for example, SET DEFAULT TO C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Vfp98\Tools) are affected by SET COMPATIBLE.

Additional Commands and Functions Affected by SET COMPATIBLE

@ ... GET with a RANGE clause @ ... SAY with CHR(7)
@ ... SAY scrolling @ ... SAY when STATUS is ON
ACTIVATE SCREEN ACTIVATE WINDOW
APPEND MEMO DECLARE
DIMENSION GO | GOTO with SET TALK ON
FSIZE( ) INKEY( )
LASTKEY( ) LIKE( )
MENU and POPUP commands PLAY MACRO
READ with an @ ... GET VALID clause READ with a numeric PICTURE clause
READ - Nested READs RUN | !
SET COLOR TO SET("BORDER")
SET FIELDS SET MESSAGE
SET PRINTER <file> STORE
SUM TRANSFORM( ) with a numeric PICTURE clause
SELECT( ) SYS(2001, "COLOR")

For a full description of how each of these commands is affected, see SET COMPATIBLE.

Template Programming

The dBASE IV template language is different from and independent of dBASE, so dBASE template programs cannot be used in Visual FoxPro and will have to be rewritten. However, you don't have to learn another template language. Visual FoxPro supports template programming natively. Visual FoxPro commands that can be used in template programming include: