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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01448925
Message ID:
01448946
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52
What did you look for in help

I put in SET() and got help which included Escape.



>>Do you mean
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>>lcesc = SET("ESCAPE")
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>This works!
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>But when I looked earlier in the HELP...
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>Returns the status of various SET commands.
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>SET(cSETCommand [, 1 | cExpression | 2 | 3 | 4])
>Parameters
>cSETCommand 
>Specifies a character expression of the SET command for which you want to return information. The current setting of the specified command is returned as a character or numeric string. 
>1 | cExpression | 2 | 3 | 4 
>Specifies additional information to return about a SET command. The values 1 and cExpression are identical; cExpression can be any expression that evaluates to a character type value. 
>Note   Including an argument does not return additional information for all SET commands, only those specifying values of 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the following table.
>SET command Value returned 
>ALTERNATE ON or OFF 
>ALTERNATE, 1 FileName 
>BELL, 1 cWAVFileName 
>CARRY ON or OFF 
>CENTURY ON or OFF 
>CENTURY, 1 nCentury 
>CENTURY, 2 ROLLOVER nYear 
>CENTURY, 3 System Regional Calendar setting 
>CLOCK ON or OFF 
>CLOCK, 1 nRow and nColumn 
>COMPATIBLE ON or OFF 
>COMPATIBLE, 1 PROMPT or NOPROMPT 
>COVERAGE, 1 FileName 
>CURRENCY LEFT or RIGHT 
>CURRENCY, 1 cCurrencySymbol 
>DATE AMERICAN, ANSI, BRITISH/FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPAN, USA, MDY, DMY, or YMD 
>DATE, 1 Date Ordering:0 – MDY1 – DMY2 – YMD 
>DELIMITERS ON or OFF 
>DELIMITERS, 1 cDelimiters 
>EVENTTRACKING ON or OFF 
>EVENTTRACKING, 1 FileName 
>FIELDS ON or OFF 
>FIELDS, 1 FieldName1, FieldName2, ... 
>FIELDS, 2 LOCAL or GLOBAL 
>HELP ON or OFF 
>HELP, 1 cFileName 
>HELP, 2 cCollectionURL 
>HELP, 3 SYSTEM 
>KEY eExpression2, eExpression3 
>KEY, 1 eExpression2 
>KEY, 2 eExpression3 
>MESSAGE nRow 
>MESSAGE, 1 cMessageText 
>MOUSE ON or OFF 
>MOUSE, 1 nSensitivity 
>NOTIFY ON or OFF 
>NOTIFY, 1 ON or OFF 
>PRINTER ON or OFF 
>PRINTER, 1 FileName or PortName 
>PRINTER, 2 Default Windows printer name 
>PRINTER, 3 Default Visual FoxPro printer name(specified in the Visual FoxPro Print or Print Setup dialog boxes) 
>REFRESH nSeconds1 
>REFRESH, 1 nseconds2 
>REPROCESS Current session setting 
>REPROCESS, 1 System session setting 
>RESOURCE ON or OFF 
>RESOURCE, 1 FileName 
>TALK ON or OFF 
>TALK, 1 WINDOW, NOWINDOW or WindowName 
>TEXTMERGE ON or OFF 
>TEXTMERGE, 1 cLeftDelimiter and cRightDelimiter 
>TEXTMERGE, 2 cFileName  
>TEXTMERGE, 3 SHOW/NOSHOW 
>TEXTMERGE, 4 Evaluate source of TEXT ... ENDTEXT call and return TEXTMERGE nesting level.  
>TOPIC cHelpTopicName | lExpression 
>TOPIC, 1 NContextID 
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>Return Values
>Character or Numeric data type. SET( ) returns the value of a SET command.
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>Remarks
>SET( ) recognizes the four-character abbreviation for all Visual FoxPro SET keywords, with the exception of HELPFILTER, which can be abbreviated to five characters. For example, you can use STAT and PRIN for SET STATUS and SET PRINTER, respectively.
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>The SET( ) function is identical to SYS(2001).
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>SET("CENTURY", 3) passes a Calendar value of 2 (Gregorian (U.S.)) in a call to the Windows GetCalendarInfo( ) API.
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>See Also
>DISPLAY STATUS | LIST | SET | SYS(2001) – SET ... Command Status
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>
>You can see why I asked the question... it's not in here!!!
>
>Thanks again!
>
>Tommy
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