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Converting Legacy Reports
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28/11/2008 19:25:52
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows XP SP2
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Thread ID:
01364498
Message ID:
01364580
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13
>>I'm only a sporadic UT visitor, so apologize for a question that I'm sure has been asked before:
>>I have some legacy (2.x) reports that I would like to convert to current format and tweak, rather than
>>rewriting the same reports from scratch. Can someone point me to a real good writeup of
>>the issues involved in converting reports? Or should I just flat-out forget about doing that?
>>
>I believe your reports should work as is in the new environment.
>Copy them all under new folder and just open them all and save. Make sure the Printer is not checked. Then try running them. Hopefully there would not be any surprises.

Thank you for the reply, Naomi. In the old days, I would use something like CHR(160) for a
non-blank, non-printing character, but I don't think I can use that trick anymore. What
is the recommended way to achieve that now?

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