VFP only has SAVE SCREEN command that saves a full window. I'm not sure how well it works in VFP.

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>Clipper has the following function:
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>screenvar = savescreen(n1, n2, n3, n4)
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>where n1...n4 are screen coordinates.
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>You can then say @n1,0 clear
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>=restscreen(n1, n2, n3, n4, screenvar)
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>This leaves whtever is above the coordinates undisturbed.
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>How can this be accomplished in VFP?
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>Thanks,
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>Yossi