PRB: F2 Key Invokes View Window Instead of Catalog Manager

ID: Q115933

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6

SYMPTOMS

Pressing the F2 key in FoxPro places the SET command in the Command window, thereby invoking the View window regardless of the setting of SET COMPATIBLE.

CAUSE

The behavior of the F2 key is not affected by the SET COMPATIBLE command and is therefore inconsistent with the behavior of dBASE IV. When the F2 key is pressed in dBASE IV, the dBASE Control Center is invoked.

RESOLUTION

To invoke the Catalog Manager in FoxPro version 2.6 for MS-DOS or FoxPro version 2.6 for Windows, issue one of the following commands in the Command window:

   DO Chattanooga

   -or-

   DO ASSIST

To cause the F2 key to invoke the Catalog Manager, place the following line into your CONFIG.FPW file:

   f2 = "assist;"

To invoke the Catalog Manager upon startup of FoxPro, include the line "CATMAN=ON" (without the quotation marks) in your CONFIG.FP or CONFIG.FPW file.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The Catalog Manager does not exist in versions of FoxPro prior to 2.6.

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.60 KBCategory: kbtool kbprg kb3rdparty kbui kbprb KBSubcategory: FxinteropDbase

Last Reviewed: June 28, 1995