Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro
An irreverent look at how Visual FoxPro really works. Tells you the inside scoop on every command, function, property, event and method of Visual FoxPro.
DEFINE BOX, _Box
DEFINE BOX is one of those commands you should forget you ever noticed. What it’s supposed to do is draw a box around output data. In FoxPro/DOS, this command worked more or less as intended.
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As far as we can tell, it doesn't work at all for printed output in Visual FoxPro (nor did it work in FoxPro/Windows); and it works badly when you SET PRINT TO a file. |
_BOX determines whether DEFINE BOX actually draws a box or not. For output to file, it appears to work as advertised.
Don’t use DEFINE BOX! Use the Report Designer to create output and take advantage of its box-drawing tool. Use the form’s built-in Box() method to draw simple boxes on forms, or the new Shape control if finer control is needed, but avoid this mess at all costs!