Microsoft KB Archive/129572

= How to Find Out Which FoxPro Version Created an .SCX File =

Article ID: 129572

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.0
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 2.5c for Macintosh
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Professional Edition for Macintosh
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for SCO/UNIX

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This article was previously published under Q129572



SUMMARY
This article provides a way to verify the version of FoxPro that was used to create a Screen or a Form (.SCX file).



MORE INFORMATION
Files with an .SCX extension were introduced in FoxPro version 2.0 for MS- DOS. They are FoxPro tables that record information about screens (versions 2.x) or forms (Visual FoxPro version 3.0).

Screens created in FoxPro version 2.x do not contain information about the version of FoxPro used to create them. However, because the structure of an .SCX file is different depending on the version of FoxPro, you can use the FCOUNT function to count the number of fields in an .SCX file and derive the FoxPro version used to create the file. The following lists the number of fields that an SCX contains for each version of FoxPro. This assumes that no structural change was made to the SCX: FoxPro Versions                Number of Fields

FoxPro version 2.0             57 fields FoxPro versions 2.5x and 2.6x  79 fields Visual FoxPro version 3.0      23 fields Visual FoxPro forms now include version information. The Reserved1 field of a Visual FoxPro form contains the version tag VERSION= 3.00. This information is recorded in the record of the form where the PLATFORM field is equal to COMMENTS (the first record in the form).

Additional query words: VFoxWin 3.00 2.00 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.50c 2.60 2.60a

Keywords: KB129572

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