Q155747: HOWTO: Use the New Application Property in Visual FoxPro 5.0

Article: Q155747
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbOOP kbvfp500 kbvfp600
Last Modified: 14-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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Each Visual FoxPro object has an Application property that you can use to
reference the Application object for the current instance of Visual FoxPro.

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This new property works for both the development version of Visual FoxPro and a
Visual FoxPro executable. The Application property provides access to the
properties and methods associated with the _VFP object. For example, assume you
want to display the DefaultFilePath property for the current instance of Visual
FoxPro from the Click event of a command button in a form. The following code
placed in the Click event of a command button provides this information:

     WAIT WINDOW This.Application.DefaultFilePath

In a Visual FoxPro 5.0 executable, the application property is also useful. The
following code in the Click of a command button can change the title of the
executable:

     _VFP.Caption="This is a Different Title"

The Application property and _VFP are used interchangeably. Therefore, all of the
following return the same value--"Microsoft Visual FoxPro":

     ?_VFP.NAME
     ?_VFP.APPLICATION.NAME
     ?APPLICATION.NAME
     ?_VFP.PARENT.NAME
     ?_VFP.APPLICATION.PARENT.NAME
     ?APPLICATION.PARENT.NAME

REFERENCES
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Visual FoxPro Help: _VFP System Variable; Application Object

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbOOP kbvfp500 kbvfp600 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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