IntelliSense Overview

At design time, IntelliSense functionality in Visual FoxPro helps you complete programming syntax while you type code by displaying Visual FoxPro language syntax information and lists of available members, property values, most recently used files, table names, field names, and variable names.

In This Section

• IntelliSense Support in Visual FoxPro
  Describes the level and scope of IntelliSense support in Visual FoxPro.

• IntelliSense Syntax Completion
  Describes how IntelliSense helps you complete Visual FoxPro programming syntax when you type code.

• IntelliSense Auto MRU (Most Recently Used) Files
  Describes how IntelliSense displays lists of available and most recently used (MRU) files when you type certain Visual FoxPro commands.

• IntelliSense Auto Table, Field, and Variable Names
  Describes how IntelliSense displays names of available tables, fields, and variables when you type certain Visual FoxPro commands.

• How to: Activate or Disable IntelliSense
  Describes how to turn IntelliSense off or on.

• How to: View IntelliSense When Writing Code
  Describes how to view IntelliSense functionality when you type code.

• How to: Set IntelliSense Options
  Describes how to specify settings that affect availability and appearance for IntelliSense functionality.

• Customizing IntelliSense in Visual FoxPro
  Describes how to customize IntelliSense functionality.

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  Describes Visual FoxPro tools you can use to improve productivity during application development.

• Project Manager Hooks
  Describes how you can access projects programmatically so you can manipulate projects as objects.

• Automating Keystroke Tasks with Macros
  Describes how you can record and save keystrokes using macros to automate keystroke tasks for application users or reuse the same keystrokes repeatedly.