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FoxPro 2.5 for DOS conversion to VFP 5.0
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24/07/1998 14:51:33
 
 
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24/07/1998 12:25:41
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Visual FoxPro
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00120471
Message ID:
00121150
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>>>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
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