Microsoft KB Archive/193304

= The status bar displays the currently selected object in designers =

Article ID: 193304

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q193304



SUMMARY
A new feature of Visual FoxPro 6.0 and later versions is that the status bar displays objects selected in the various designers. The currently selected object in the Form Designer or Class Designer window is displayed. Also, the currently selected Data Environment object is displayed in the Form Designer. This behavior also applies to the Report Designer in Visual FoxPro 6.0 and 7.0Visual FoxPro 7.0. When the selection is made, it displays for 5 seconds, then the status bar clears.



MORE INFORMATION
In versions of Visual FoxPro prior to 6.0, there were two ways to determine the currently selected object. You could look at the object selection handles (the six small squares around a text box or other control, for instance), or look at the current object in the Properties Window Object List. Neither of these readily display the object hierarchy of the selected object on a single line.

Visual FoxPro 6.0 and later versions add an additional cue to make it easier to determine the selected object and where it falls in the object hierarchy. When an object is selected, either by clicking the object in the Form or Class Designer window, or selecting it from the Properties Window Object List, the object hierarchy and name are shown.

Form or Class Designer Window
If you are modifying a form, named Form1, which has a container called Container1 with a text box named Text1, the status bar displays the following text:

form1.container1.text1.

Form or Report Designer Data Environment Window
If you are modifying a report with a Data Environment holding a cursor called Cursor1, when the table is highlighted in the Data Environment window, the status bar displays the following text:

dataenvironment.cursor1.

Note In Visual FoxPro 8.0 and Visual FoxPro 9.0, this information does not appear in the status bar when you edit a report.

