Commented Unassigned: VFP9 Helpfile and 2.x Items [35277]

In the VFP9 helpfile a lot of the old 2.x functions and commands are documented with a short,snotty "Included for backward compatibility" notice, but without any further description what this item is doing or what parameters are used.

Since we now do a lot of conversion and updating of old codebases, you have to look in the old FPW26.HLP file if you want to know the full syntax and uses for those old commands. Unfortunately, that helpfile has its problems on it's own (HLP no more directly supported on Win7/8 without a MS patch; structured differently, awkward font, etc ).

Therefor it would be cool, if we could migrate those old "Backward Topics" from the HLP into the current helpfile, so we would finally have a really complete language documentation at one place.

Those topics could stil have a warning header and reference to VFPX.

What do you all think about that?

(BTW: I'm just porting a FP/DOS app to VFP9, which was running untouched since 12 years... Duh! Haven't been in FP/DOS since 20 years...)

wOOdy
Comments: ** Comment from web user: Faure **

Woody

you can test beta (work in progress) vfp 9SP2 help file v1.07
https://vfpx.codeplex.com/releases/view/23319

with :

- @ ... BOX Command
- @ ... EDIT - Text Edit Regions Command / @ ... EDIT - Edit Boxes Comman
- @ ... GET Command / @ ... GET - Text Boxes Command
- @ ... GET - Check Boxes Command / @ ... GET - Check Boxes Comman
- @ ... GET - Invisible Buttons Command / @ ... GET - Transparent Button
- @ ... GET - Lists Command / @ ... GET - List Boxes Command
- @ ... GET - Push Buttons Command / @ ... GET - Command Buttons Co
- @ ... GET - Radio Buttons Command / @ ... GET - Option Buttons Com
- @ ... GET - Spinners Command / @ ... GET - Spinners Command
- @ ... MENU Command
- @ ... PROMPT Command
- @ ... SAY Command
- @ ... SAY - BMPs & OLE Objects Command / @ ... SAY - Pictures & OLE Objects Command
- @ ... TO Command
- ACCEPT Command
- ANSITOOEM() Function
- ASSIST Command
- CALL Command
- COL() Function
- CREATE SCREEN Command
- CREATE SCREEN - Quick Screen Command
- DEFINE BOX Command
- FIND Command
- INPUT Command
- INSERT Command
- JOIN Command
- LOAD Command
- MDOWN() Function
- MENU TO Command
- MODIFY SCREEN Command
- OBJNUM() Function
- _ALIGNMENT System Variable
- _ASSIST System Variable
- _BOX System Variable
- _CUROBJ System Variable
- _FOXDOC System Variable
- _GENGRAPH System Variable
- _GENPD System Variable
- _GENSCRN System Variable
- _GENXTAB System Variable
- _INDENT System Variable
- _LMARGIN System Variable
- _PADVANCE System Variable
- _PBPAGE System Variable
- _PCOLNO System Variable
- _PCOPIES System Variable
- _PDRIVER System Variable
- _PDSETUP System Variable
- _PECODE System Variable
- _PEJECT System Variable
- _PEPAGE System Variable
- _PLENGTH System Variable
- _PLINENO System Variable
- _PLOFFSET System Variable
- _PPITCH System Variable
- _PQUALITY System Variable
- _PSCODE System Variable
- _PSPACING System Variable
- _PWAIT System Variable
- _RMARGIN System Variable
- _TABS System Variable
- _TRANSPORT System Variable
- _WRAP System Variable