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Porting a FoxPro 2.6 app to VFP 6.0
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16/08/1999 22:59:11
Cindy Winegarden
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Visual FoxPro
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Thank you for your advice.
BC

>Bernard,
>
>Aside from all the excellent advice about re-writing, the simplest possible way to port is to remove all the screen sets from your FPW2.6 project and add in the corresponding spr files.
>
>Then port. The spr files will run like the programs that they are.
>
>Surprise, you are now riding in your flashy new car, pulled by a team of horses, but riding in your new car nontheless.
>
>Good idea? Only if you're really desperate. This does leave open the possibility to replace the spr files one-at-a-time with OOP forms.
>
>
>
>>I have a FoxPro 2.6 application that the client wants to port without a complete re-write to VFP 6.0.
>>Do you know if that is possible?
>>If yes, do you suggest any tool to use or methods to follow.
>>Also, are there any sensitive areas that I should be careful about or aware of during or after the porting process (if the latter is possible)?
>>
>>Thanks for your response.
Bernard A. Chamma
BPTI
Custom Database & Reporting Solution
450-687-7850
Bernard@bptechusa.com
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