How to Register Your Third-Party Wizards

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how you can register a third-party Wizard in Visual FoxPro.

MORE INFORMATION

The _WIZARD System Memory Variable determines which application will act as the main controller for all the wizards. By default, WIZARD.APP is assigned to this variable, and each time you choose to run a wizard, this application is activated. Although you can create and use your own application instead of WIZARD.APP, Microsoft does not recommend it.

WIZARD.APP uses the WIZARD.DBF table to register the various wizards. This table determines which wizard is associated with which type of file or tool. This is where you can enter information about a third-party wizard.

Each record in WIZARD.DBF represents a wizard. Once the information is entered, WIZARD.APP will be able to find the wizard and run it for a specified type of file or tool. The PROGRAM field contains the name and path of the Wizard program and the TYPE field contains the information about the type of file or tool associated with the wizard.

For example, if you enter a third-party Wizard named MYWIZ.APP with a FORM entry in the TYPE field, the MYWIZ.APP will be run any time you try to create a new form.

For more information about the Registeration Table (WIZARD.DBF) please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q128728
   TITLE     : How Visual FoxPro Organizes and Accesses Wizards