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System Variables Overview

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System variables are built-in variables that Visual FoxPro creates and maintains automatically. They are designated as PUBLIC by default, but you can declare them as PRIVATE.

Note

Recent Visual FoxPro features have replaced the functionality of many system variables. For more information, see the description for each system variable and Backward-Compatible Language Elements.

The following table lists the types of Visual FoxPro system variables and their designation in expressions.

Variable type

Description

Expression

C

Character

cExpression

D

Date

dExpression

L

Logical

lExpression

N

Numeric

nExpression

O

Object

oExpression

The following table lists all system variables, their types, and default values.

Variable

Type

Default value

_ALIGNMENT

C

LEFT

_ASCIICOLS

N

80

_ASCIIROWS

N

63

_ASSIST

C

Empty string

_BEAUTIFY

C

Empty string

_BOX

L

.T.

_BROWSER

C

Browser.app

_BUILDER

C

Builder.app

_CALCMEM

N

0.0

_CALCVALUE

N

0.0

_CLIPTEXT

C

Empty string

_CONVERTER

C

Empty string

_COVERAGE

C

Coverage.app

_CUROBJ

N

-1

_DBLCLICK

N

0.5

_DIARYDATE

D

Current date

_DOS

L

.T. in FoxPro for MS-DOS

_FOXDOC

C

Empty string

_FOXREF

C

FoxRef.app

_GALLERY

C

Gallery.app

_GENGRAPH

C

Empty string

_GENHTML

C

Genhtml.prg

_GENMENU

C

Genmenu.prg

_GENPD

C

Empty string

_GENSCRN

C

Genscrn.prg

_GENXTAB

C

Empty string

_GETEXPR

C

Empty string

_INCLUDE

C

Empty string

_INCSEEK

N

.5

_INDENT

N

0

_LMARGIN

N

0

_MAC

L

.T. in Visual FoxPro for Macintosh

_MENUDESIGNER

C

Empty string

_MLINE

N

0

_PADVANCE

C

FORMFEED

_PAGENO

N

1

_PAGETOTAL

N

0

_PBPAGE

N

1

_PCOLNO

N

Current column

_PCOPIES

N

1

_PDRIVER

C

Empty string

_PDSETUP

C

Empty string

_PECODE

C

Empty string

_PEJECT

C

NONE

_PEPAGE

N

32767

_PLENGTH

N

66

_PLINENO

N

0

_PLOFFSET

N

0

_PPITCH

C

DEFAULT

_PQUALITY

L

.F.

_PRETEXT

C

Empty string

_PSCODE

C

Empty string

_PSPACING

N

1

_PWAIT

L

.F.

_RMARGIN

N

80

_REPORTBUILDER

C

HOME() + "REPORTBUILDER.APP"

_REPORTOUTPUT

C

HOME() + "REPORTOUTPUT.APP"

_REPORTPREVIEW

C

HOME() + "REPORTPREVIEW.APP"

_SAMPLES

C

HOME() + "SAMPLES"

_SCCTEXT

C

Scctext.prg

_SCREEN

O

FORM

_SHELL

C

Empty string

_SPELLCHK

C

Spellchk.app

_STARTUP

C

Empty string

_TABS

C

Empty string

_TALLY

N

0

_TASKPANE

C

Taskpane.app

_TEXT

C

–1

_THROTTLE

N

0

_TOOLBOX

C

Toolbox.app

_TOOLTIPTIMEOUT

N

-1

_TRANSPORT

C

Empty string

_TRIGGERLEVEL

N

0

_UNIX

L

.T. in FoxPro for UNIX

_VFP

O

Microsoft Visual FoxPro

_WINDOWS

L

.T. in Visual FoxPro for Windows

_WIZARD

C

Wizard.app

_WRAP

L

.F.

See Also

Reference

PUBLIC Command

PRIVATE Command

STORE Command