HOWTO: How to Terminate a Visual FoxPro .exe Using Apple Script

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SUMMARY

This article shows how to terminate or quit a running Visual FoxPro for Macintosh executable from another application using AppleScript.

MORE INFORMATION

Normally you would use AppleScript to call the Quit command from the File menu to close the application. When you run a distributed Visual FoxPro application, the Quit option on the File menu is not available. However, most distributed Visual FoxPro applications do contain a READ EVENTS in the code to start event processing and prevent Visual FoxPro from exiting prematurely. The AppleScript example is based on using a CLEAR EVENTS to cause the executable to exit.

NOTE: This example creates an AppleScript that you can execute from the Macintosh Finder or another application that can run AppleScript.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a Visual FoxPro for the Macintosh executable that either has a READ EVENTS in a menu or form.



2. Open the AppleScript Editor and type in the following test:

   
         Tell Application "VFP Support Library PPC"
            Do Script "Clear Events"
         End Tell 




3. Save the script and call it "Quit VFP EXE". In the Kind option of the Save Script as dialog box, choose Application. You may also want to select the Never Show Startup Screen check box. Quit the Script Editor.



4. Close Visual FoxPro. Run the Visual FoxPro for the Macintosh executable from the Finder.



5. At the Finder, double-click the "Quit VFP EXE" Application script. The executable closes.

REFERENCES

For additional information on using a READ EVENTS in a menu or form, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q87694 PRB: Menu Appears, Then Application Exits to Operating System

Q132697 PRB: Application Appears Then Exits to Operating System

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Contributions by Dean Christopher, Microsoft Corporation

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Version : MACINTOSH:3.0b
Platform : MACINTOSH
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