>>>>>I have an MSDOS foxpro 2.5 app that I am going to have run under visual foxpro and was wondering if there is an automatic tool for making the screens windows-like?
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>>>>Well Timothy - I do not know if there is a tool but to get the
>>>>meat out of visual foxpro, you have to re-code from your dos foxpro.
>>>>It is a lot of fun and the universal thread members (including myself)
>>>>will be glad to help you for free or maybe a THANK YOU from time to time.
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>>>A tool or formatter would have been great. Are you saying re-coding is alot of fun? I can think of other things more fun. The app in question DOES run under Vis foxpro but the screens are DOS-like.
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>>Are you just running the app in VFP (as in DO myprog?) or have you ported the app into VFP? Every FPD,FPW app I've run under VFP, I've first ported it into VFP and let VFP do it's thing. Requires a little tweaking afterward (sometimes), but generally I've had good luck with the process.
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>I just ran the app in VFP (as in DO myprog) When you say 'port' what exactly are you refering to? How does one port?


launch VFP, then modify your screens. VFP will recognize the screen as an earlier version and ask you if you want to convert it to a VFP form. You have 2 options (if I remember correctly) -- functional or programmatic conversion. The functional conversion will "create" the VFP equivalent form. The programmatic will convert it to code (.prg). Do this for all your screens then tweek them as needed.