Returns the status of various SET commands.
Syntax
SET(cSETCommand [, 1 | cExpression | 2 | 3])
Returns
Character, Numeric
Arguments
cSETCommand
A character expression specifying the SET command for which you want information returned. The current setting of the specified command is returned as a character or numeric string.
1 | cExpression | 2 | 3
Specifies that additional information about a SET command be returned. 1 and cExpression are identical; cExpression can be any expression that evaluates to a character type value.
Including an argument doesn't return additional information for all SET commands, just those listed with 1, 2, or 3 in the following table.
| SET command | Value returned |
| ALTERNATE | ON or OFF |
| ALTERNATE, 1 | FileName |
| BELL, 1 | cWAVFileName |
| CENTURY | ON or OFF |
| CENTURY, 1 | nCentury |
| CENTURY, 2 | ROLLOVER nYear |
| CLOCK | ON or OFF |
| CLOCK, 1 | nRow and nColumn |
| COMPATIBLE | ON or OFF |
| COMPATIBLE, 1 | PROMPT or NOPROMPT |
| COVERAGE,1 | FileName |
| CURRENCY | LEFT or RIGHT |
| CURRENCY, 1 | cCurrencySymbol |
| DATE | AMERICAN, ANSI, BRITISH/FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPAN, USA, MDY, DMY, or YMD |
| DATE, 1 | Date Ordering: 0 – MDY 1 – DMY 2 – YMD |
| DELIMITERS | ON or OFF |
| DELIMITERS, 1 | cDelimiters |
| EVENTTRACKING | ON or OFF |
| EVENTTRACKING, 1 | FileName |
| FIELDS | ON or OFF |
| FIELDS, 1 | FieldName1, FieldName2, ... |
| FIELDS, 2 | LOCAL or GLOBAL |
| HELP | ON or OFF |
| HELP, 1 | FileName |
| KEY | eExpression2, eExpression3 |
| KEY, 1 | eExpression2 |
| KEY, 2 | eExpression3 |
| MESSAGE | nRow |
| MESSAGE, 1 | cMessageText |
| MOUSE | ON or OFF |
| MOUSE, 1 | nSensitivity |
| PRINTER | ON or OFF |
| PRINTER, 1 | FileName or PortName |
| PRINTER, 2 | Default Windows printer name |
| PRINTER, 3 | Default Visual FoxPro printer name (specified in the Visual FoxPro Print or Print Setup dialog boxes) |
| RESOURCE | ON or OFF |
| RESOURCE, 1 | FileName |
| TALK | ON or OFF |
| TALK, 1 | WINDOW, NOWINDOW or WindowName |
| TEXTMERGE | ON or OFF |
| TEXTMERGE, 1 | cLeftDelimiter and cRightDelimiter |
| TOPIC | cHelpTopicName | lExpression |
| TOPIC, 1 | nContextID |
Remarks
SET( ) recognizes the four character abbreviation for all Visual FoxPro SET keywords (with the exception of HELPFILTER, which can be abbreviated to five characters). For example, STAT and PRIN can be used for SET STATUS and SET PRINTER, respectively.
The SET( ) function is identical to SYS(2001).