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How to disable Task Pane Manager

Either of below will disable Task Pane Manager launch on VFP startup:

  • Click on the Task Pane's Options, Select Task Pane Manager in the treeview and uncheck Open the Task Pane when Visual FoxPro starts
  • In the RegEdit go to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\9.0\Options key and blank out Data for Value Name _STARTUP.
  • Add _STARTUP= to a config.fpw. Only VFP instance that uses this config.fpw will be affected.

Commenting via shortcut keys in VFP

The comment/uncomment items on the Format menu do not have shortcut keys but they have access keys assigned. Pressing ALT+om and ALT+on on a keyboard will comment/uncomment selected text respectively.

Copy Command Window Selected Text to Clipboard Programmatically

The code uses Editor functions from Foxtools.fll. See George Tasker's Extended Foxtools Help Download #9333 on UT for more info.

This is sample code. Add error handling and adjust to your requirements as necessary.

LOCAL ARRAY laEnv [25]
SET LIBRARY TO FoxTools ADDITIVE
* Get the whandle for the current window
lnHandle = _WonTop()
lnResult = _EdGetEnv( lnHandle, @laEnv )
* [ 17 ] SelStart
* [ 18 ] SelEnd

Changing Command Window Font Programmatically

This code uses Editor functions from Foxtools.fll. See George Tasker's Extended Foxtools Help Download #9333 on UT for more info.

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