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VFP to JavaScript Conversion Tools
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25/08/2017 14:12:26
 
 
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25/08/2017 03:20:55
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Internet applications
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows 7
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01653682
Message ID:
01653750
Views:
92
>>>>>Can anyone recommend tools for converting a Visual FoxPro 9 Application to JavaScript?
>>>>
>>>>I believe FoxInCloud does this: http://foxincloud.com/
>>>
>>>Doesn't FoxInCloud require the VFP App to be running on the Server?
>>
>>I haven't used it and don't know a lot about it. There's a technical overview at http://foxincloud.com/techno.php .
>
>Hi Al,
>
>Thanks for digging up this page that I had completely forgotten… was written in 2011 (6 years already…) and still absolutely true and appropriate.
>
>@Marshal: as Tore mentioned, converting VFP code to JavaScript is virtually impossible (as was supposed impossible the fact of running an existing VFP app on the Web, until FoxInCloud came out…); given this evidence, FoxInCloud has chosen to create a JavaScript 'extension' to the VFP code, interacting with the VFP code:
>- generate HTML matching the form structure
>- implement VFP events as JavaScript events
>- JavaScript send events to the server for execution by the corresponding VFP code (same code as when running in desktop mode).
>
>So in that sense you can consider that FoxInCloud changes your VFP application into a JavaScript (+ VFP) application.
>
>When I write "generate HTML matching the form structure", it does not mean that the visual aspect must match the VFP look: thanks to the magic of CSS, you can apply any presentation layer (Cascading Style Sheet) to the HTML 'framework'.
>
>eg. I invite you to try the FoxinCloud Live Tutorial, available in 2 versions from the same VFP code base: classic (VFP-like) and Bootstrap (responsive).
>
>You can even switch between these 2 versions on line!

Just noticed that the URLs for the 3 links at the bottom of your post are all the same - are they supposed to be?

And they all end in "bs", which is not ideal for English speakers ;)
Regards. Al

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