How to Put ? Output from a Form on the Desktop

ID: Q138776

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

Sometimes when running a form in Visual FoxPro, you may need to place wording on the desktop instead of in a form. This is useful when you need to check the results of a variable or other object when building the form. If a question mark or @ SAY command is used to display the value of something, by default it will show up in the form that is currently running. But if a _SCREEN.SHOW command is placed in the code before the question mark or @..SAY command, the results of those commands will display on the desktop.

MORE INFORMATION

In the Click event of a command button of a form, place the following code:

   _SCREEN.SHOW
   ? Thisform.Command1.Caption

When you run the form and click the command button, note that the caption of the command button is placed on the desktop. The form may have to be moved to see the text on the desktop. Along with question mark and @ SAY commands, DISPLAY STRUCTURE or DISPLAY MEMORY commands can be used to display information on the desktop.

The ACTIVATE SCREEN command will also work. It is a backward compatiable command that was used in earlier versions of FoxPro.

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin KBCategory: kbtool kbhowto KBSubcategory: FxtoolFormdes