Prints or displays lines of text.
Syntax
\TextLine
-or-
\\TextLine
Arguments
\TextLine
When you use \, the text line is preceded by a carriage return and a line feed.
\\TextLine
When you use \\, the text line is not preceded by a carriage return and a line feed.
Any spaces preceding \ and \\ are not included in the output line, but spaces following \ and \\ are included.
You can embed an expression in the text line. If the expression is enclosed in the text merge delimiters (<< >> by default) and SET TEXTMERGE is ON, the expression is evaluated and its value is output as text.
Remarks
The \ and \\ commands facilitate text merge in Visual FoxPro. Text merge lets you output text to a file to create form letters or programs.
Use \ and \\ to output a text line to the current text-merge output file and the screen. SET TEXTMERGE is used to specify the text merge output file. If text merge isn't directed to a file, the text line is output only to the main Visual FoxPro window or the active user-defined output window. SET TEXTMERGE NOSHOW suppresses output to the main Visual FoxPro window or the active user-defined window.