ID: Q121081
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A DEFINE WINDOW statement using the IN SCREEN clause results in the error message "Not a user-defined window."
Choose a name for the window that does not begin with the word "screen".
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FoxPro versions 2.5x, 2.6, 2.6a for MS-DOS. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
The IN SCREEN clause of the DEFINE WINDOW command permits a window to be defined on the main FoxPro screen instead of within a window. This capability exists in both the MS-DOS and Windows versions of FoxPro.
In FoxPro for MS-DOS, using a window name beginning with the word "screen" in a DEFINE WINDOW ... IN SCREEN command produces the error message "Not a user-defined window." This behavior does not occur in FoxPro for Windows.
In the Command window, type:
DEFINE WINDOW screen1 FROM 5,5 TO 10,10 IN SCREEN
FoxPro "Language Reference," versions 2.5, 2.6, page L3-427
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Last Reviewed: August 28, 1995