DOCERR: About _Coverage Wrong in Documentation and Help (157255)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q157255

SUMMARY

The Visual FoxPro 5.0 Language Reference, Help, and online Language Reference provide incorrect information about the "_COVERAGE" system variable.

MORE INFORMATION

The topic "_COVERAGE" in the Visual FoxPro Help file and in the Language Reference in the Online Documentation provide the following information:

Contains the name of the Visual FoxPro application that creates the Debugger coverage and profiler output.

By default, _COVERAGE contains Coverage.app, installed in your Visual FoxPro directory. You can specify a different name for the coverage output application.

However, issuing either of the following commands in the Command window results in an empty string. 
   ? _COVERAGE
   ? SET("COVERAGE")
A file called Coverage.app does not exist in any of the directories installed by Visual FoxPro.

A default coverage application, Coverage.app, does not exist. The _COVERAGE system variable is not assigned any application by default, but one can be assigned to it. This variable allows you to create your own coverage application and make it callable from Visual FoxPro.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/11/1999
Keywords:KB157255
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