Contents of the "FoxPro Settings" file

ID: Q111746

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b
• Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

FoxPro for Macintosh uses a file called "FoxPro Settings" (located in the System Folder:Preferences folder) to set and maintain a number of default values.

The contents and allowable values for the "FoxPro Settings" file are as follows:

For Visual FoxPro version 3.0, the heading is [FoxPro 3]:

   [FoxPro]
   NumLock=0 | 1
   ScrollLock=0 | 1
   Zoomed=0 | 1
   Row= [Location of the top-left corner of the main FoxPro
    window in pixels]
   Column= [Location of the top-left corner of the main FoxPro
    window in pixels]

   Height= [Height of the main FoxPro window in pixels]
   Width= [Width of the main FoxPro window in pixels]
   FontName= [Font name]
   FontStyle= [Style value stated as an integer: normal=0, bold=1,
    italic=2, underline=4, outline=8, shadow=16, condensed=32, extend=64]
   FontSize= [Font size, stated in pixels]
   PrtFontName= [Font name]
   PrtFontStyle= [Style value stated as an integer: normal=0, bold=1,
    italic=2, underline=4, outline=8, shadow=16, condensed=32, extend=64]
   PrtFontSize= [Font size state in pixels]
   Main Dictionary= [Dictionary name located in the System
    Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Spelling folder]
   Custom Dictionary=[Dictionary name located in the System
    Folder:Extensions:Microsoft:Spelling folder]