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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:
00434978
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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.

Just in case you want to place this information in right corner of the form caption, there is a FAQ entry here to help you with this.

Hope this helps.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.


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