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Q114863: How to Update Other @ … GET Fields While in a List Box

Article: Q114863
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:2.5x,2.6x; MS-DOS:2.0,2.5x,2.6x; WINDOWS:2.5x,2.6x,3.0
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Last Modified: 10-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5x, 2.6x 
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5x, 2.6x 
- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5x, 2.6x 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to update fields in a screen while a user is
scrolling through a list box that is based on a database field (a "prompt field"
in the Screen Builder in FoxPro 2.x for Windows).

MORE INFORMATION
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FoxPro 2.x for Windows
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When a list box is set up as a prompt field in the Screen Builder or is based on
a POPUP defined with PROMPT FIELD, scrolling through the list box also moves the
record pointer in the database. In order for other @ ... GET fields on the
screen to be updated as the record pointer is moved, insert the following code
in the WHEN clause of the list box:

     SHOW GETS
     RETURN

The WHEN clause is reexecuted as the user moves through the list box, which
allows this code to update those fields.

Visual FoxPro for Windows
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In a form, use the following code for the list box's WHEN clause:

     THISFORM.REFRESH
     RETURN

Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxMac FoxDos FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.50c 2.60 2.60a refresh show listbox

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbFoxPro200DOS kbVFP300
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.5x,2.6x; MS-DOS:2.0,2.5x,2.6x; WINDOWS:2.5x,2.6x,3.0

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