Tools Menu

The Tools menu contains commands that set system options, run wizards, create macros, check spelling, beautify code, run a source code control provider, and trace and debug source code.

Menu Commands

Wizards

Displays a submenu of Visual FoxPro wizards. If multiple wizards exist for that category, the Wizard Selection dialog box appears. If not, the appropriate wizard opens.

Spelling

Displays the Spelling dialog box, from which you can customize and run the spell checker.

Macros

Opens the Macros dialog box, where you can define key combinations to perform a series of keystrokes.

Class Browser

Opens the Class Browser window.

Component Gallery

Opens the Component Gallery window.

Coverage Profiler

Opens the Coverage Profiler application.

Beautify

Opens the Beautify Options dialog box, in which you adjust the capitalization and indentation of text within an editing window.

Run Active Document

Opens the Run Active Document dialog box.

Debugger

Opens the Debugger window, in which you can monitor values stored in variables, array elements, fields, and properties. You can also see the return value of Visual FoxPro functions.

Trace Window

Allows you to see your lines of code as they are being executed. This menu option appears when you choose FoxPro Frame as the debug environment on the Debug tab of the Options dialog box.

Watch Window

Allows you to display expressions and their current values, and set breakpoints on an expression. This menu option appears when you choose FoxPro Frame as the debug environment on the Debug tab of the Options dialog box.

Locals Window

Allows you to display all the variables, arrays, objects, and object members that are visible in a given program, procedure, or method. This menu option appears when you choose FoxPro Frame as the debug environment on the Debug tab of the Options dialog box.

Call Stack Window

Allows you to display procedures, programs, and methods that are executing. While a program is running, it is listed in the Call Stack window. If you run a procedure or another program from within the first program, while the second program is running, both program names are displayed in the Call Stack window, and so on. This menu option appears when you choose FoxPro Frame as the debug environment on the Debug tab of the Options dialog box.

Output Window

Allows you to display output from active programs, procedures, or method code. This menu option appears when you choose FoxPro Frame as the debug environment on the Debug tab of the Options dialog box.

Run <source code control provider>

Allows you to open your source code control-provider application. This option appears if you open a source code controlled project and have selected your source code control provider in the Active Source Control Provider drop-down list on the Projects tab of the Options dialog box.

Options

Displays the Options dialog box where you can set many categories of system options.

Filer

Appears if you run the Filer utility. Filer remains on the Tools menu only for the current Visual FoxPro session.