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Version # - retrieving and listing in caption???
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26/10/2000 16:48:21
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00412976
Message ID:
00434874
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>>>In the BUILD function, you can set a version number. Is there a way of retrieving that set
>>>number and displaying it in the caption of a form or screen? Right now I have my version
>>>number hard coded and unfortunately, don't always remember to change it.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>AGETFILEINFO(). However, you shouldn't display this information in the caption. An About dialog is the proper place for this stuff to go.
>
>What's your reasoning for this? Is there some standard?

PMFJI - but yes - there are Windows guidelines which have some good points but which also have a lot of stuff just begging to get broken IMHO.

If your users want it in the caption - go for it! I do something similar in one of my apps.
Ken B. Matson
GCom2 Solutions
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