>vfp screen is a curious object.
>it cannot be scrolled and the vfp designers say in foxHelp:
>scrollbars property is ignored by _screen object.
>
>if you issue a small test code
>

>for i=1 to 1000
>?i,cos(i)
>endfor
>

>
>you see the result (behind the command window but troncated and not scrollable to read all datas!
>
>1.why all these when we know vfp objects have scrollbars(custom windows (define window),form,editbox,grid....)
> is there historically a reason ?

From a historical perspective, forms didn't get scrollbars until VFP 6. _screen has always been a weird kind of hybrid between form and formset. I imagine the VFP team couldn't see a reason to provide scrolling when they did the work for forms.


>2.is there a solution to add scrollbar(s) (vertical, horizontal or both) ?
>Note: result of operation can be redirected out to a txt file or something else.....not concerned by my question.

Don't use _screen. Use a top-level form.

Tamar