>>>>>These settings work for me. Make sure you have SET RESOURCE=ON and that foxuser.dbf (or whatever SYS(2005) returns) is not read-only. I believe these settings are stored in foxuser.dbf.
>>>>>
>>>>>>On the VFP edit properties dialog there are several options like tab width, show column/line position and a check box to save these preferences that doesn't work.
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>>>>>>Is there an alternative way of saving these preferences and make them stick?
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>>>>>>Or am I missing something obvious?
>>>>>>TIA,
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>>>>They work for me too, it's just that the next time I open VFP they're back to the default settings.
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>>>>Set Resource is ON and foxuser.* isn't read-only.
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>>>>Thanks for the help.
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>>>Probably obvious, but when you make your changes in the Options dialog, are you clicking the "Set as Default" button before closing the dialog?
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>>That's another dialog. What I was referring to is the dialog for setting tab width and showing line/column positions. You can get to this by selecting the Properties option in the Edit menu.
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>>Fred & Daniel helped me clear the doubt. I think the problem is with programs / vcx classes that had the old settings. You would have to change them all one by one because the old settings are in the resource file individually. Or at least that is what I deducted from experiencing the problem.
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>You could just temporarily SET RESOURCE OFF, use the FOXUSER table and mark those records for delete, PACK, and turn the resource back on. Or you could just delete the FOXUSER table (.DBF/.FPT) and start over.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but having a new foxuser.* is part of the problem. Whenever I open these projects again, they will all have the default settings.
What do you think?

But I would agree that for all new code snippets (PRG's, method code, etc.) it would be the right solution.