>>>Is there an easy way to convert a legacy app from 2.5 to 5?
>>>
>>>(Apart from the MS solution of creating a new project which looks
>>>kind of chunky and DOS window(y))
>>
>> I also have a large FPD 2.6 application to convert and never seem to do it, because I seem to spend all the time polishing the FPD version. To start from scratch is unthinkable.
>>
>>Look at
http://www.microendeavors.com/ for their conversion technology. The do the best job I have seen so far, including converting to object orientation.
>>
>>Tell me what you decide to do.
>>
>>Alex
>Alex,
> Then I would advise looking at one of the major frameworks, to help with the Unthinkable parts.. You could also do an incremental conversion, but I advise just jumping in and doing it..
Hi Tony,
My exe file is nearly 5MB. So is is unthikable for me. What I am planning is to create a program to convert the scx files to the new format (I am studying what VFP does). Since I know the conventions I used, maybe I can do it in a mostly automated way.
Will keep you posted.
Alex