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SET( ) Function

Returns the status of various SET commands.

SET(cSETCommand [, 1 | cExpression | 2 | 3 | 4])

Parameters

  • cSETCommand
    Specifies a character expression of the SET command for which you want to return information. The current setting of the specified command is returned as a character or numeric string.

  • 1 | cExpression| 2 | 3 | 4
    Specifies additional information to return about a SET command. The values 1 and cExpression are identical. cExpression can be any expression that evaluates to a character type value.

    Note

    Including an argument does not return additional information for all SET commands. Only those that specify values of 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the following table return additional information.

    SET command

    Value returned

    ALTERNATE

    ON or OFF

    ALTERNATE, 1

    FileName

    ANSI

    ON or OFF

    ASSERTS

    ON or OFF

    AUTOINCERROR

    ON or OFF

    AUTOSAVE

    ON or OFF

    BELL, 1

    cWAVFileName

    BLOCKSIZE

    nBlockSize

    BROWSEIME

    ON or OFF

    CARRY

    ON or OFF

    CENTURY

    ON or OFF

    CENTURY, 1

    nCentury

    CENTURY, 2

    ROLLOVER nYear

    CENTURY, 3

    System Regional Calendar setting

    CLASSLIB

    cClassLibName

    CLOCK

    ON or OFF

    CLOCK, 1

    nRow and nColumn

    COLLATE

    ON or OFF

    COLOR OF SCHEME

    cR, cG, cB

    COLOR SET

    cNameOfColorSet

    COMPATIBLE

    ON or OFF

    COMPATIBLE, 1

    PROMPT or NOPROMPT

    CONFIRM

    ON or OFF

    CONSOLE

    ON or OFF

    COVERAGE

    ON or OFF

    COVERAGE, 1

    FileName

    CPCOMPILE

    nCodePage

    CPDIALOG

    ON or OFF

    CURRENCY

    LEFT or RIGHT

    CURRENCY, 1

    cCurrencySymbol

    CURSOR

    ON or OFF

    DATABASE

    cDatabase

    DATASESSION

    nDataSession

    DATE

    AMERICAN, ANSI, BRITISH/FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPAN, USA, MDY, DMY, or YMD

    DATE, 1

    Date Ordering:0 – MDY1 – DMY2 – YMD

    DEBUG

    ON or OFF

    DEBUGOUT

    cFileName

    DECIMALS

    nDecimals

    DEFAULT

    cDirectory

    DELETED

    ON or OFF

    DELIMITERS

    ON or OFF

    DELIMITERS, 1

    cDelimiters

    DEVELOPMENT

    ON or OFF

    DEVICE

    SCREEN, PRINTER, or FILE

    DEVICE, 1

    cFileName

    ENGINEBEHAVIOR

    nVersionNumber

    ESCAPE

    ON or OFF

    EVENTLIST

    comma delimited list of events

    EVENTTRACKING

    ON or OFF

    EVENTTRACKING, 1

    FileName

    EXACT

    ON or OFF

    EXCLUSIVE

    ON or OFF

    FDOW

    nDayofWeek

    FIELDS

    ON or OFF

    FIELDS, 1

    FieldName1, FieldName2, ...

    FIELDS, 2

    LOCAL or GLOBAL

    FILTER

    cFilterExpression

    FIXED

    ON or OFF

    FULLPATH

    ON or OFF

    FWEEK

    nWeekNumber

    HEADINGS

    ON or OFF

    HELP

    ON or OFF

    HELP, 1

    cFileName

    HELP, 2

    cCollectionURL

    HELP, 3

    SYSTEM

    HOURS

    12 or 24

    INDEX

    cIndexExpression

    KEY

    eExpression2, eExpression3

    KEY, 1

    eExpression2

    KEY, 2

    eExpression3

    KEYCOMP

    DOS or WINDOWS

    LIBRARY

    cNameOfLibrary

    LOCK

    ON or OFF

    LOGERRORS

    ON or OFF

    MACKEY

    cKey

    MARGIN

    nMargin

    MEMOWIDTH

    nWidth

    MESSAGE

    nRow

    MESSAGE, 1

    cMessageText

    MOUSE

    ON or OFF

    MOUSE, 1

    nSensitivity

    MULTILOCKS

    ON or OFF

    NEAR

    ON or OFF

    NOCPTRANS

    comma delimited list of fields

    NOTIFY

    ON or OFF

    NOTIFY, 1

    ON or OFF

    NULL

    ON or OFF

    NULLDISPLAY

    cDisplayString

    ODOMETER

    nNumberOfRecords

    OLEOBJECT

    ON or OFF

    OPTIMIZE

    ON or OFF

    ORDER

    TAG TagName OF CDXFileName, IDXFileName, or blank

    PALETTE

    ON or OFF

    PATH

    cPath

    PDSETUP

    cPrinterDriverName

    POINT

    cDecimalPtChar

    PRINTER

    ON or OFF

    PRINTER, 1

    FileName or PortName

    PRINTER, 2

    Default Windows printer name

    PRINTER, 3

    Default Visual FoxPro printer name(specified in the Visual FoxPro Print or Print Setup dialog boxes)

    PROCEDURE

    cPathAndName

    READBORDER

    ON or OFF

    REFRESH

    nSeconds1

    REFRESH, 1

    nseconds2

    REPORTBEHAVIOR

    nVersionNumber

    REPROCESS

    Current session setting

    REPROCESS, 1

    System session setting

    REPROCESS, 2

    Current session setting type

    0 is returned if REPROCESS is set to attempts.

    1 is returned if REPROCESS is set to seconds.

    REPROCESS, 3

    System session setting type

    0 is returned if REPROCESS is set to attempts.

    1 is returned if REPROCESS is set to seconds.

    RESOURCE

    ON or OFF

    RESOURCE, 1

    FileName

    SAFETY

    ON or OFF

    SECONDS

    ON or OFF

    SEPARATOR

    cSeparatorChar

    SPACE

    ON or OFF

    SQLBUFFERING

    ON or OFF

    STATUS

    ON or OFF

    STATUS BAR

    ON or OFF

    STRICTDATE

    ON or OFF

    SYSFORMATS

    ON or OFF

    SYSMENU

    ON, OFF, or AUTOMATIC

    TABLEPROMPT

    ON or OFF

    TABLEVALIDATE

    nLevel

    TALK

    ON or OFF

    TALK, 1

    WINDOW, NOWINDOW or WindowName

    TEXTMERGE

    ON or OFF

    TEXTMERGE, 1

    cLeftDelimiter and cRightDelimiter

    TEXTMERGE, 2

    cFileName

    TEXTMERGE, 3

    SHOW/NOSHOW

    TEXTMERGE, 4

    Evaluate source of TEXT ... ENDTEXT call and return TEXTMERGE nesting level.

    TOPIC

    cHelpTopicName | lExpression

    TOPIC, 1

    NContextID

    UDFPARMS

    VALUE or REFERENCE

    UNIQUE

    ON or OFF

Return Value

Character or Numeric data type. SET( ) returns the value of a SET command.

Remarks

SET( ) recognizes the 4-character abbreviation for all Visual FoxPro SET keywords, with the exception of HELPFILTER, which can be abbreviated to 5 characters. For example, you can use STAT and PRIN for SET STATUS and SET PRINTER, respectively.

The SET( ) function is identical to SYS(2001).

See Also

Reference

DISPLAY STATUS Command

LIST Commands

SET Command Overview

SYS(2001) - SET ... Command Status

Other Resources

Functions

Language Reference (Visual FoxPro)