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Any good tool for converting FoxPro DOS to VFP?
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01171094
Message ID:
01171170
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>Hi all,
>do you know any good conversion tool for converting Screen objects from FoxPro DOS 2.6 to the new Form objects in VFP 6/7/8/9 version?

You are aware of the native conversion tool? If the screen is of type fp2.6, vfp itself will offer a conversion. My impression is that this conversion tool is okay if the original screen is 'simple'. Do you want an example of a complicating factor? I always used the #NAME directive, in order to create sensible snippet names. The conversion tool does NOT know how to deal with that directive and the consequence is that conversion is a pain in the *ss, for this fact alone.

Another point, also implicitly made by Mike Yearwood, is that OO-principles require a fresh design, rather than a conversion.

You can also choose to convert FP-DOS screens to FP-Windows screens, then continue the development of those FP-Windows screens in FPW and then include only the resulting SPR files in a VFP project. However, the fresh start as proposed by Mike Yearwood is the best solution in the long run.
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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