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UDF name conflicts with new function name
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20/10/2006 08:36:53
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Troubleshooting
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01163604
Message ID:
01163613
Views:
9
>Hi All,
>
>A colleague has since long a UDF named ISTR() that is used in many places. Since vfp9 there is a new function named ISTRANSACTABLE() that can also be shortened to ISTR(). The UDF is no longer found.
>
>Is there any way of dealing with this situation other that going through the tedious and dangerous process of searching and replacing all occurences of the UDF?

Perhaps a #DEFINE, if the programmer uses #INCLUDE files consistently.

But I would prefer a search and replace.
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