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FoxPro Trivia Quiz
How well do you know the obscure corners of Foxpro? Try this quick quiz.
If the Customers table is open, what does this command do:
? [company]
Displays the value of the company field
Displays the characters 'company'
Displays the value of the variable whose name is stored in the variable named 'company'
What happens if you hold the Shift key down then click on F ile in the main menu?
The C lose option becomes C lose All
The current window closes
The menu undocks and can be moved
What date is given by
Gomonth({^2000-01-31}, 1) ?
February 28th 2000
February 29th 2000
March 2nd 2000
What does the command 3+8
do if you are on the first record of the Customer table?
Stores 11 in the primary key of the current record
Moves to record 11
Displays the numeric value 11.
If x is 'X ' and y is 'Y ' then what is the result of x - y ?
A type-mismatch error
-1
'XY '
What happens if you redefine a field type from Numeric to Float?
All values in the field are truncated to 4 decimal places
All values in the field are lost
Nothing changes
Can you enter duplicate values in a field with a Unique index?
Yes
Yes, but you get a warning message
No, any duplicate value is rejected
What does ?_screen->backcolor do?
Displays the value of the screen's background colour.
Sets the background colour of the current control to the screen's background.
Displays the colour-picker dialog
Can you use a #DEFINE on a Foxpro keyword?
Yes.
Yes but the redefinition is ignored.
No.
What is the result of Proper('MCKAY') ?
'McKay'
'MCKAY'
'Mckay'.
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