DISPLAY STATUS

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Displays information about the current dBASE Plus environment in the results pane of the Command window.

Syntax

DISPLAY STATUS
[TO FILE <filename> | ? | <filename skeleton>]
[TO PRINTER]

TO FILE <filename> | ? | <filename skeleton>

Directs output to the text file <filename>, in addition to the results pane of the Command window. By default, dBASE Plus assigns a .TXT extension to <filename> and saves the file in the current directory. The ? and <filename skeleton> options display a dialog box in which you specify the name of the target file and the directory to save it in.

TO PRINTER

Directs output to the printer in addition to the results pane of the Command window.

Description

Use DISPLAY STATUS to identify open tables and index files and to check the status of the SET commands. DISPLAY STATUS shows information related to the current session only.

If you haven't used ON KEY, SET, or SET FUNCTION to reassign the F6 key, pressing F6 when the Command window has focus is a quick way to execute DISPLAY STATUS.

DISPLAY STATUS displays the following information:

Name and alias of open tables in each work area, and for each table:

Whether that table is the table in the currently selected work area

The language driver and character set of each open table

Names of all open indexes and their index key expressions in each work area

Master index, if any, in each work area

Locked records in each work area

Database relations in each work area

Filter conditions in each work area

The name of the SET LIBRARY file, if any

The name of all open SET PROCEDURE files

SET PATH file search path

SET DEFAULT drive setting

Current work area

SET PRINTER setting

Current language driver and character set

DBTYPE setting

Numeric settings for SET MARGIN, SET DECIMALS, SET MEMOWIDTH, SET TYPEAHEAD, SET ODOMETER, SET REFRESH, and SET REPROCESS

The current directory

ON KEY, ON ESCAPE, and ON ERROR settings

SET ON/OFF command settings

Programmable function key and SET FUNCTION settings

DISPLAY STATUS pauses when the results pane is full and displays a dialog box prompting you to display another screenful of information. Use the TO FILE clause to send the information to a file. Use the TO PRINTER clause to send the information to the printer. In either case, you can use SET CONSOLE OFF to suppress the display of the information in the results pane.

DISPLAY STATUS is the same as LIST STATUS, except that LIST STATUS does not pause with the first window of information but rather continuously lists the information until complete. This makes LIST STATUS more appropriate for outputting to a file or printer.