Visual FoxPro redefines some FoxPro 2.6 terms. For more information on new terms, see the Glossary.
| FoxPro 2.6 term | Visual FoxPro term |
| @ ... GET field | TextBox control |
| @ ... SAY field | Label control |
| Blanks or empty fields or variables |
Null values |
| Browse | Grid control |
| Buffer | Record and table buffers and transactions. |
| Code snippets | Properties, and method and event code. |
| Control | Control |
| Database | Database |
| Edit region | EditBox control |
| Long names | Long names. See Visual FoxPro Naming Rules. |
| Memory variable | Variable |
| Object | Object |
| OLE automation | Automation, COM Component |
| OLE control | ActiveX control |
| OLE General field | OleBoundControl |
| Popup | ComboBox control |
| Power tools | Visual designers and toolbars. |
| PushButton | CommandButton control |
| Radio button | OptionButton control |
| Screen | Form |
| Screen picture | Image control |
| Screen set | Form set |
| System memory variable |
System variable |
| Table | Table |
| Text | Label control |
For more information see “Using Toolbars” in Chapter 1, Getting Started, in the User’s Guide; “Assigning Method and Event Code” in Chapter 3, Object-Oriented Programming, “Setting Properties at Design Time” in Chapter 9, Creating Forms, and “Buffering Data” and “Using Transactions” in Chapter 17, Programming for Shared Access, all in the Programmer’s Guide.