Customize settings for the dBASE Plus desktop environment. The Programming page lets you set how data, test programs, and text appear, how numbers are calculated, and how programs are compiled and analyzed..

Dialog box options

 

Command output

Specify how data, test programs, and text appear, and how numbers are calculated.

Decimals Set the number of decimal places, from 0 to 18, to display for numeric and float numbers. The default is 2.

Precision Set the number of digits used when comparing numbers. The range is 10 to 19. The default is 10.

Margin Set the printer offset for the left margin for all printed output. The default is 0.

Space If checked, a space is inserted between expressions displayed or printed with a ? or ?? command and separated by commas. The default is on (checked).

Talk If checked, system messages are displayed in the Command window. The default is off (unchecked).

Headings If checked, the output of AVERAGE, DISPLAY, LIST, and SUM includes a heading identifying the fields of the table(s). If unchecked, the field-name headings do not appear. The default is on (checked).

Program development

Specifies how programs are compiled and analyzed.

Coverage If checked, coverage files are created or updated when you call a program, procedure, or user-defined function (UDF) in a separate program file. A coverage file is a binary file containing cumulative information on how many times dBASE Plus enters and exits each logical block of a program. The default is off (unchecked).

Ensure compilation If checked, a program, procedure, or format file is automatically compiled when you change the file and then execute it or open it for execution. The default is on (checked).

Design

If checked, CREATE and MODIFY commands can be executed. The default is on (checked).

Safety

If checked, you must confirm before overwriting a file or removing records from a table. The default is on (checked).

Full path

If checked, functions that return file names return the full path name. The default is off (unchecked).

Error Handling

Determines how programming errors are handled and reported.

Error Action Determines how errors, and error reporting, are handled when a TRY. . . CATCH or ON ERROR handler is not in affect. If the error occurs within a try...catch, or if an "on error" handler is active, the TRY...CATCH or ON ERROR handlers will retain control.

Error Log File Specifies the filename of the error log file to be used when the Error Action option is set to 2, 3, or 5.

Maximum Size Sets the approximate maximum size of the Error Log File (in kilobytes)

HTML Error Template Designates a name for the HTM file used to format an error page sent back to the browser. Used for runtime web apps only.

How to get there: Choose Properties|Desktop Properties.