How To Determine Where Options Dialog Default Settings Stored

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SUMMARY

This article describes how to determine where the Options dialog response settings are stored. Chapter 3 of the "Visual FoxPro Installation Guide and Master Index" has information on configuring Visual FoxPro. Page 24 lists the files involved in setting the environment. The Visual FoxPro Settings file found in the System:Preferences folder stores most of the settings found in the Tools Options dialog. However, if the Visual FoxPro Settings file is opened as a text file, these settings do not appear. They are stored in the resource fork of the Visual FoxPro Settings file.

MORE INFORMATION

The Visual FoxPro Settings file has two forks: the resource fork and the data fork.

NOTE: Microsoft Product Support does not support the editing of the Visual FoxPro Settings file through any means other than the Visual FoxPro program interface and language. The information below is for informational and troubleshooting purposes only.

The Data Fork

The data fork stores information about the Visual FoxPro Screen(_screen). This information can be viewed by opening the file in a program such as Word. The information usually isn't written to the settings file until a change is made. For example, if the Screen Font is changed (Shift+Format menu). Following is a sample of information found in the data fork of the settings file:

   [FoxPro 3]
   NumLock=600
   ScrollLock=0
   Zoomed=0
   Row=0
   Column=0
   Height=443
   Width=728
   FontName=Geneva
   FontStyle=0
   FontSize=10
   FontCharSet=0
   PrtFontName=monaco
   PrtFontStyle=0
   PrtFontSize=9

The Resource Fork

The Tools Options dialog settings that are Set as Default are stored in the resource fork of the Visual FoxPro Settings file. These can be viewed only by using a resource editor program such as ResEdit. Some of the settings are stored in the STR resource and can be easily edited using ResEdit. Others are stored in the INT4 resource and are not as easily edited with ResEdit.

If you are having problems setting options in the Options dialog, a good troubleshooting step would be to delete the Visual FoxPro Settings file. It will be rebuilt the next time Visual FoxPro is started.