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Menu Additions and Enhancements

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Visual FoxPro updates the standard toolbar, shortcut menus, and the following system Edit, View, Tools, Format, and Window menus:

Edit Menu Changes

The Visual FoxPro Edit menu includes the following changes:

  • List Members
    Enables display of a list of valid members (properties, methods, events, and objects) for a specific object reference. For details, see List Members.

    Shortcut: CTRL+J

  • QuickInfo
    Enables display of a list of function and method parameters or command arguments as well as their data types if available. For details, see Quick Info.

    Shortcut: CTRL+I

  • Bookmarks
    Makes it possible for you to create, delete, and navigate bookmarks in an editor when the Selection margin option is selected in the Editor tab of the Tools menu Options dialog box. Bookmarks are scoped to the current editing session; when you close the editor, the bookmarks are removed. For details, see Creating Bookmarks and Task List Shortcuts.

    • **Toggle Task List Shortcut   **Creates or deletes a task list at the current line in the contents of the editor.
    • Toggle Bookmark   Creates or deletes a bookmark at the current line in the contents of the editor.
    • Next Shortcut/Bookmark   Moves the cursor to the next bookmark or task list item.
    • Previous Shortcut/Bookmark   Moves the cursor to the previous bookmark or task list item.

Report Menu Changes

  • Bands
    Displays the Edit Bands dialog box in which you set height and specify entry and exit expressions.
  • Insert Control
    Displays a list of controls to add to the current report.

Tools Menu Changes

The Visual FoxPro Tools menu includes the following changes:

  • Object Browser
    Opens the Object Browser window so you can examine and manage COM object information.

  • IntelliSense Manager
    Displays the Visual FoxPro IntelliSense Manager Window so you can manage the appearance and behavior of IntelliSense.

  • Task List
    Displays the Task List Manager window so you can create a custom task or access Shortcuts (persistent bookmarks) to code documents.

  • Document View
    Displays a list of the procedures available in the open file. You can use this window to move through one or several editors containing code.

  • Breakpoints
    Displays the Breakpoints dialog box so you can manage breakpoints in the current editor.

    Shortcut: CTRL+B

Format Menu Changes

The Visual FoxPro Format menu includes the following changes.

Note   Comment and Uncomment are now in the Editor's right-click menu.

  • Make Uppercase
    Changes the selected text to uppercase characters.
  • Make Lowercase
    Changes the selected text to lowercase characters.
  • View white space
    Displays the spaces, tabs, and paragraphs in the currently active editor as characters. Paragraph markers (line feeds) only appear if the Wordwrap option is enabled.
  • Toggle word wrap
    Enables or disables word wrap at the editor window boundary.
  • Foreground Color
    Displays color picker to choose foreground color of selected object on report designer.
  • Background Color
    Displays color picker to choose foreground color of selected object on report designer.

Window Menu Changes

The Visual FoxPro Window menu incorporates the following changes:

  • Cascade
    Specifies that open windows display overlapping down and to the right of each other.
  • Dockable
    Specifies that windows can be positioned in a border of the parent window.
  • Properties window
    Displays the Properties window where you can change properties of the Visual FoxPro desktop.

When your application uses the Visual FoxPro system menu, the application file includes only the File, Edit, Window, and Help default menus.

Help Menu Changes

Several of the MSDN menu items have been removed from the Help menu. Online documentation for the product is available in a stand-alone help file as well as in the MSDN Library. Additionally, the Microsoft on the Web submenu has been replaced with a single Visual FoxPro on the Web menu item.

Properties Dialog Boxes

Visual FoxPro Properties dialog boxes reflect enhancements available in the IDE tab of the Tools Options dialog box.

See Also

Options Dialog Box | EditorOptions Property | IDE Tab, Tools Options Dialog Box | Edit Bands Dialog Box