Hi Liam

I think you will find part of your answer in the help file, this is from the @...SAY command: Included for backward compatibility. Use the Label Control to display text and the TextBox Control to display the contents of fields and variables.

The old @..SAY..GET commands are still there, but don't use them...! This has been a problem since VFP6, and even back to VFP5 or VFP3. The behaviour difference was documented in some of the earlier versions of VFP.



>Hi Plinio,
>
>I'm not getting any error message. It's the result of the command that's unusual.
>
>For example - working from the command windown with Screen.FontName = "Courier New":
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>@0,0 Say "0123456789" will write that 10 character string to the top-left corner of the screen.
>
>You would image that, in order to clear the first 3 characters, you would type @0,0 Clear to 0,2, wouldn't you? What you have to enter is @0,0 Clear to 1,3.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Liam
>
>>I don't see any problem, what error message are you getting?
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>I haven't used the @ clear or @ say commmands for a few years but I had occasion to use them today. Perhaps this is an old one or has been reported before but I haven't seen it mentioned.
>>>
>>>Version : VFP8 (Haven't tested on any other version)
>>>Command : @ x1,y1 Clear To x2,y2
>>>Problem : The co-ordinates x1,y1 are zero-based, the x2,y2 co-ordinates are 1-based
>>>
>>>The same problem applies to @ x1,y1 Fill To x2,y2. However, @ x1,y1 To x2,y2 Scroll seems to be fine.
>>>
>>>Is there a reason for this or is this a bug?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Liam