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>>These things are unchanged in VFP 6.0. However, they really aren't a problem. You can use DynamicBackColor on the grid.
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>Thanks Craig,
>My problem with the dynamic properties is that they are generally slow. Most of mine are doing a lot of string parsing though and I remember you mentioning that string functions in VFP 6 are 200 times faster than in 5, so maybe that will fix the problem.
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>Didn't you also mention some tool that will convert classes to code and back again? This would be incredibly helpful to us.
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The Class Browser will create a programmatic class definition from a vcx, and Tom Rettig's Office will create a vcx from a programmatic definition. I believe TRO is available here in the files section.