>Hi FoxPro Developers
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>I need a some assistance with regards to active documents (this is my first application in VFP 6). I am currently building a application and have completed all my tables and taken care of all my data. I am at the point now where I want to move into designing the graphical user interface.
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>The application I am building is going to be strictly web-based. I want to create my forms in active document. My question is this, do I have to start over from scratch b/c I didn't build my application from the start based on the active document base class? Or, am I ok where I am -- and I can start creating active documents with my current in my current project?
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>I would sure appreciate some feedback on this matter. Any thoughts would be great.
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>Thank you very much in advance
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>Jason

Hi Jason,

I just completed my first active document application, so I'm definately a beginner here. To get started look under the VFP 6.0 help in the Whats New section. You should see a link to Active Documents. The write up there lays out the basic steps. There is also a sample in the solutions app.

For an active document you need to launch your application from an Active Document class. It's basicly a wrapper for your application to handle communications to/from your application's host. The bulk of your application will probably run with some minor changes. If you decide to run in the browser then you will need to make some changes to your forms with regards to property settings and visual appearance. Once you get started I think you will find this Windows DNA technology really slick.

I did have a few problems with some of the internet foundation classes such as the _hyperlink. Had to hack it a bit to get it to link to another page without opening a new window - of course the problems I did have were most likely something I did wrong :).

Good Luck,
Mike