How to Use Multiple Lines with the WAIT WINDOW Command

ID: Q101798

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.5a

The international version of FoxPro (version 2.5a) allows you to have multiple lines of text in windows created with the WAIT WINDOW command. To create multiline windows, use the following syntax:

   WAIT WINDOW "Line number 1." + CHR(13) + "Line number 2."

NOTE: This code works only with FoxPro 2.5a for MS-DOS and FoxPro 2.5a for Windows.

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.50a multi-line KBCategory: kbprg KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

Last Reviewed: June 27, 1995