SET DESIGN

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Determines whether CREATE and MODIFY commands can be executed.

Syntax

SET DESIGN ON | off

Default

The default for SET DESIGN is ON. To change the default, set the DESIGN parameter in PLUS.ini. To do so, either use the SET command to specify the setting interactively, or enter the DESIGN parameter directly in PLUS.ini.

Description

When SET DESIGN is ON, dBASE Plus lets you use CREATE and MODIFY commands to create and modify tables, forms, labels, reports, text, and queries. To prevent users of your applications from creating and modifying these types of files, issue SET DESIGN OFF in your programs.

If you issue SET DESIGN ON or OFF in a subroutine, the setting is effective only during execution of that subroutine.