Gerry,
>>>But until VFP discards it's "source *tables*" and embracess "text", ne'er the twain shall meet (again).
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>>I'm kind of intrigued by storing the entire TEXT representation that you get by running the Show Code option in the OB in a memo field in the VCX. If you did this you could, when saving the screen, update this memo field and squirt
that information into VSS..
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>>IOW, I don't see why you couldn't have both....
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>>I'd bet there's a way to do this..
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>Well, as far as "driving" a Source Control System, you could that.
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>In fact, you could use a single "checksum" for all that it mattered ...
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>This "generated" text still is not executable and/or "reversable" back into a "visual design tool" (the whole point of 2-way).
Well, you have a point but I have to think that Microsoft could pull this off. Like you've pointed out Borland has...
Best,
DD
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