>>I've got this line of code:
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>>@ mline,17 GET idescrip PICTURE "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
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>>I need to make the "textbox" bigger. I added more "X"s to the end, and now it lets me type more, but visually, they "textbox" is the same size. How do I make it visually bigger?
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>>I tried looking up @ GET in the help and it tells me to use a textbox. Unfortunately, that's not an option. It would be nice if the help included some instructions for using it rather than just telling you not to.
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>Rather than using the older style @...SAY...GET, why not just explicitly place a textbox on the form? You'll get much better control of sizing and font, not to mention all the added control capabilities.
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>If you absolutely need to use the @...GET, dig out your Fox 2.x docs; AFAIK, that's the last time the command was documented completely. I suspect that you'll need the FPW rather than FPD docs.
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>Is it OK to ask why adding a textbox control isn't an option?

I'll have to find out if we have some older docs in case crossing my fingers and wishing real hard doesn't prevent us from having to make more mods to this piece of @#$#@ code. :)

I'd love to use a textbox, but AFAIK I would need a form to do that. As to why there's no form, ask the idiots at SBT who thought recompiling straight DOS code under VFP6 and releasing it as a new version (Vision Point 10) was a good idea.

Thanks,

Michelle