It seems that Visual FoxPro 6.0 converter program has a small error when converting Fox 2.6 screen files.
After converting a project most of the screens would not open. When I tried it gave me a error that said something like this.

Error loading file: record number X. linline3 < or one of its members >. ColorSource : Expression Evaluated to an illegal value.

The problem seem that the ‘line’ class was given a “ColorSource = 3” property. And this created the error. So with a bit of playing I came up with this program that you can select the converted form and it will remove the ColorSource property. Then the forms will open and run.

I don’t recall having this problem with Fox 5, so it may only be a Fox 6 problem. Please be sure and backup the files before hand. It will not work on FoxPro 2.6 screens before they are converted. (Those don’t have the ‘Class’ or the ‘Properities’ fields in the screen data files.

Hope this code help…
Don Peek
DFPeek@corp.olin.com


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filename ="junk to get loop started"
do while not empty(filename)
filename = GETFILE("scx","Form File" , "Select",0,"Select a Form to Repair")
if empty(filename)
exit
endif
use (filename)
goto top && not needed but I do it anyway
do while not eof()
if class = 'line'
replace properties with strtran(properties,"ColorSource = 3"+chr(13)+chr(10),"")
endif
skip
enddo
Wait window "Repaired file:"+filename timeout 2
use
enddo