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Can GoFish integrate into VFP IDE like Code References?
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02/12/2011 11:40:37
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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VFPX/Sedna
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01529993
Message ID:
01530184
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Jim,
To open GoFish4 in my present menu I have to:
Thor->RunTool->Gofish->Gofish4

than on GoFish4 ->Advanced = 5 times click

now I am in the same situation as per:
Tools ->CodeReference = 2 clicks only

To manage the menus in my VFP system, realy that is no rocksience. To manage the menus in Thor and IDE Tools needs a little bit more study but I suppose once you know how the individual menuprompts are activated, it should again not be rocksience. But than again you told me not to do that as, obviously, they will be rearranged upon a next update.

And I am truly sorry, at least that's how I feel it reading your responses, you find my remarks critics. If they are critics than they are an example of positive critics with an aid to improve and not with an object to mark Thor or GoFish4 as lousy products.

Regards,
Koen

>Koen --
>
>Two things:
>
>(1) I guess I do not see the complexity that you do in using the GF form. I open the form, click on the search phrase, and press [Enter]. It's not clear how why you think that is more complicated that CR --- but this is something that people differ on. I have great familiarity with both tools and have a hard time seeing why you perceive doing a simple search in GF to be harder. But, there it is.
>
>(2) And I'm disappointed to learn that you don't use Thor to manage your menus. Clearly no tool works for everybody.
>
>Jim
>
>
>>Jim,
>>
>>I am fully with you GF4 is much faster and has a much better replace method than CR, (I do remember once I have done a replace job in a rather big project, gosh wash I happy with my backup! CR jerked up teh code completely.)
>>However the downside of GF4 is the, in my opinion, the UI, it is much more complex than CR for daily use just to lookup some property, method, or variable just one or 2 clicks and the searchitem, quick and dirty. For extensive searching, GF4 is a perfect tool which I would not want to miss, therefore my desire to place them both in my VFP menu nicely under Tools.
>>So if the option Tamar has pointed out should work I could replace in the VFP menu CodeReference with GoFish4 and add the CodeReference.app to my Tools menu.
>>Regards,
>>Koen
>>
>>>Koen --
>>>
>>>Perhaps Code References seems more natural because of its familiarity?
>>>
>>>BTW, one area where GoFish really shines is the variety of ways in which it handles replacements.
>>>
>>>For one thing, it allows you to see how your code will be changed before you make changes.
>>>
>>>For another, once you have found lines for which you want to make changes, you can edit them individually. This is a great extension where the changes you want to make are not to simply replace one string with another.
>>>
>>>There is also a full log of all changes you have ever made using GF. This is maintained in a database which you can browse (accessible from a button on the GF form).
>>>
>>>One more thing: Matt has been extremely careful to insure that the replacements that are made do not damage your files. (I know that you have had issues with this in the past.)
>>>
>>>JrN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>The title is my question. I downloaded GoFish (latest beta) and took a cursory look at the info about it. I saw examples of calling it from code but didn't notice anything about using it as part of the IDE.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Looks like no one completely answered your original question. So:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>1) If you install Thor, it'll include GoFish in its IDE, which you can easily integrate into the general one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>2) If you don't want Thor, you can set up the Code References menu to call GoFish instead, or add your own menu item for it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Tamar
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Option 2 looks good for me, (I dont want the default Thor menu, which is too overcrowded). How do I set up Code References menu to call Go Fish?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>In Tools | Options, on the File Locations page, set Code References to point to the APP file for Go Fish. Click Set as Default to save that change for future sessions.
>>>>>
>>>>>Tamar
>>>>Hi,
>>>>Yes that should do it! Unfortunately I get an "Function Argument value, type or count is invalid"
>>>>Had contacted Jim already however he explained me I should not even try to modify the Thor menu. So I shall have to live with that however a changement of the default Code Reference to GoFish4.app would be a good idea. The best idea ofcourse would be to make a new entry on Tools menu GoFish4 and so benefit from borht Code Reference and GoFish4. Gofish4 is remarkably faster than Code Reference, however CR to my feeling has a more logical / natural UI tan GF4 so with less next choices.
>>>>Did you try to replace CR with GF4 and did you not face that error?
>>>>My GF4 is the latest 4.1.274 version
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Koen
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