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Just type a number in command window
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06/07/2005 06:17:21
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 7 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01029364
Message ID:
01029365
Views:
14
>Don't know if everyone already knows this but I'VE just discovered it!
>
>If you have a table open and selected, and just type a number in the command window, then VFP will GOTO that record # in the table. i.e. saves typing, say, "goto 40"
>
>Not too exciting!

It's been that way since FPD2.0 or dBase, but it has never been recommended to use this "feature". It kind of beats the readability. If you write GOTO 2+5 you understand the meaning, but if you write only 2+5 is not so easy to understand.
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