Unsupported dBASE IV Commands

 Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
Article ID: Q113894
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6
  • Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6

SUMMARY

The information below describes the dBASE IV commands not supported by FoxPro. This information is also found in the "Switching from dBASE" topic in FoxPro 2.6 Help.

To go directly to this topic in FoxPro, choose dBASE Help from the Help menu.

MORE INFORMATION

The following commands and functions generate an error if they are run in FoxPro version 2.x. They need to be removed from your program code: 

   BEGIN TRANSACTION
   CONVERT
   END TRANSACTION
   PROTECT
   ROLLBACK
NOTE: Visual FoxPro supports the following commands that were not supported in prior versions of FoxPro: 

   BEGIN TRANSACTION
   END TRANSACTION
   ROLLBACK
For more information about converting your dBase applications, please search in the "Technical Reference" section of the Visual FoxPro 3.0 Help file, under "Upgrading: Switching from dBase".

The following commands and functions are not useful in FoxPro: 

   Keyword             Result
   ---------------------------------------

   ACCESS()            Ignored
   NETWORK()           Always returns .T.
   SET("CATALOG")      Always returns OFF
   SET DBTRAP          Ignored, always OFF
   SET("DESIGN")       Always returns OFF
   SET IBLOCK TO       Ignored
   SET("INSTRUCT")     Always returns OFF
   SET LDCHECK         Ignored
   SET("LDCHECK")      Always returns OFF
   SET("PRECISION")    Always returns 16
   SET("SQL")          Always returns ON
   SET("TRAP")         Always returns ON
   SET("VIEW")         Always returns ""

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxDos FoxWin 2.60 foxhelp.dbf
foxhelp.hlp tts
convert
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: FxinteropDbase

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Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
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