HOWTO: Use the New Application Property in Visual FoxPro 5.0

ID: Q155747

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0

SUMMARY

Each Visual FoxPro object has an Application property that you can use to reference the Application object for the current instance of Visual FoxPro.

MORE INFORMATION

This new property works for both the development version of Visual FoxPro and a Visual FoxPro executable. The Application property provides access to the properties and methods associated with the _VFP object. For example, assume you want to display the DefaultFilePath property for the current instance of Visual FoxPro from the Click event of a command button in a form. The following code placed in the Click event of a command button provides this information:


   WAIT WINDOW This.Application.DefaultFilePath

In a Visual FoxPro 5.0 executable, the application property is also useful. The following code in the Click of a command button can change the title of the executable:


   _VFP.Caption="This is a Different Title"

The Application property and _VFP are used interchangeably. Therefore, all of the following return the same value--"Microsoft Visual FoxPro":


   ?_VFP.NAME
   ?_VFP.APPLICATION.NAME
   ?APPLICATION.NAME
   ?_VFP.PARENT.NAME
   ?_VFP.APPLICATION.PARENT.NAME
   ?APPLICATION.PARENT.NAME

REFERENCES

Visual FoxPro Help: _VFP System Variable; Application Object

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbOOP kbVFp500 kbVFp600
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto