Microsoft KB Archive/113894

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ID: Q113894

2.60 3.00 | 2.60

WINDOWS  | MS-DOS kbprg The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
 * Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6
 * Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6

SUMMARY
The information below describes the dBASE IV commands not supported by FoxPro. This information is also found in the "Switching from dBASE" topic in FoxPro 2.6 Help.

To go directly to this topic in FoxPro, choose dBASE Help from the Help menu.

MORE INFORMATION
The following commands and functions generate an error if they are run in FoxPro version 2.x. They need to be removed from your program code:

BEGIN TRANSACTION CONVERT END TRANSACTION PROTECT ROLLBACK NOTE: Visual FoxPro supports the following commands that were not supported in prior versions of FoxPro: BEGIN TRANSACTION END TRANSACTION ROLLBACK For more information about converting your dBase applications, please search in the "Technical Reference" section of the Visual FoxPro 3.0 Help file, under "Upgrading: Switching from dBase". The following commands and functions are not useful in FoxPro:

Keyword            Result ---

ACCESS           Ignored NETWORK          Always returns .T.   SET("CATALOG")      Always returns OFF SET DBTRAP         Ignored, always OFF SET("DESIGN")      Always returns OFF SET IBLOCK TO      Ignored SET("INSTRUCT")    Always returns OFF SET LDCHECK        Ignored SET("LDCHECK")     Always returns OFF SET("PRECISION")   Always returns 16 SET("SQL")         Always returns ON   SET("TRAP")         Always returns ON   SET("VIEW")         Always returns "" Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxDos FoxWin 2.60 foxhelp.dbf foxhelp.hlp tts convert KBCategory: kbprg KBSubcategory: FxinteropDbase Keywords         : FxinteropDbase Version          : 2.60 3.00 | 2.60 Platform         : MS-DOS WINDOWS
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