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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Best way to re-factor
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
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Windows XP
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Visual FoxPro
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01135774
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Hi everybody,

I have a custom function (thanks to Cetin & Borislav) that produces an Excel from DBF and applies some additional formatting. This function is called from several modules and it uses an array of field names.

Now I have a need to add a certain color to some cells. For instance, we're sending the Excel file to third party and we want it to receive it with certain fields filled in. I want to add empty columns myself and I want them in the different color, so the third party would know, where new fields start.

There could be several approaches:

1. Leave the original function in tact, create a new function to apply additional formatting and call both functions.

2. Have some optional parameters in the original function.

I think, the second approach is better. I'm thinking, what kind of parameters would I need to add to the routine to make this generic enough?

What do you think?

Thanks in advance.
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