AFIELDS() Has Been Enhanced in Visual FoxPro

ID: Q136016

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

The AFIELDS() function has been enhanced in Visual FoxPro to allow the work area or alias to be specified.

MORE INFORMATION

To place the structure of a table that is not in the currently selected work area into an array, include the work area number or the alias name. If the work area number or alias name is not included, the currently selected table is used, which is the only behavior allowed in FoxPro version 2.X.

To test the difference in behavior run the following code in Visual FoxPro:

   CLOSE ALL
   USE C:\VFP\SAMPLES\MAINSAMP\DATA\Customer.dbf IN 1 EXCLUSIVE
   USE C:\VFP\SAMPLES\MAINSAMP\DATA\Employee.dbf IN 2 EXCLUSIVE
   SELECT CUSTOMER
   =AFIELDS(aMyarray,2)
   DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE aMyarray

   CLOSE ALL
   USE C:\FPW\TUTORIAL\Customer.dbf IN 1 EXCLUSIVE
   USE C:\FPW\TUTORIAL\Salesman.dbf IN 2 EXCLUSIVE
   SELECT CUSTOMER
   =AFIELDS(aMyarray,2)
   DISPLAY MEMORY LIKE aMyarray