>>>>>>>I have a Foxpro 2.6 project with about 100 screens which I am converting to Visual 3.0B. I keep getting a "line too long" error as which point the conversion process stops. I have to manually convert the 2.6 screen to use shorter text lines and then start all over again. Are there any utilities or fixes to the conversion code which would help me.
>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>Alex Shoob
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>>>>>>Alex,
>>>>>> A suggestion here.. You may as well do the WHOLE conversion on your own... The tools for converting FP 2.x apps to VFP are not that great, but considering you are going from a procedureal language to an Oop based language, there is only so much that will carry over..
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>>>>>>You are best served by redesigning you app to take advantage of the enviroment...
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>>>>>>Thanx!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Tony Miller
>>>>>>Vancouver, Wa
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>>>>>I was afraid that might be might be the case. As usual, it's best to do it right the first time rather that kludging things together. What I have are screens in which a lot of help text is embedded. Any suggestions on help systems that work with VFP? I see Blue Sky's RoboHelp Plus advertised a lot. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Alex Shoob
>>>>>Modesto, CA
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>>>>Alex,
>>>> If you can take the text and someo how get it into a table (with a structure like a 2.x help file) I know of a product that builds help files (win 3.1/95/NT) from them... It is called help angel..
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>>>>On the conversion front, you are best to look at redoing the entire app.. Look to design it using OOP techniques, and you will go far with it.. Or if need be, look at the app frameworks available and use one of them.. They will save you time, and help in the learning curve of VFP, but be warned.. There is a curve, just depends on how much of VFP's OOP you want to use..
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>>>>Have questions, let me know..
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>>>>Thanx!
>>>>
>>>>Tony MIller
>>>>Vancouver, Wa
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>>>Tony:
>>>You're right about the learning curve. I've purchased Visual FoxExpress and have tried to use it with little success. I can get simple stuff to work but when I try to do any real world stuff, it can't get it right. I'm sure that a lot of the problem is that I have little understanding about what is happening under the surface of VFE. When I run into a roadblock in VFE, I go back to manually converting a part of my app. I'm making progress slowly. I think that I might save time by taking a training course. VFE has some in Ohio and Micromega has some in SF. Do you have any experience with either.
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>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Alex
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>>Alex,
>> I can only attest to that fact that F1 does a helluva job on support for their application tools (VFE and FE for the 2.6 flavors of FP).. I have not taken a class from them on VFE's usages Yet.. Have you been to their support site yet??
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>>Thanx!
>>
>>Tony Miller
>>Vancouver, Wa
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>Tony:
>I looked at F1's support site last night and found a some documentation that I had not seen earlier. It describes how their sample app was created as well as how to distribute VFE applications. I think it might put me on the right track.
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>Also saw some disconcerting information there. Another user inquired as to updates for VFE for 3.0b. He was informed that the updated 5.0 classes could be re-compiled for 3.0b (perhaps with minor modications), but that a 3.0b exe was unlikely especially since "VFP 3.0 is not that reliable anyway."
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>My assumption had been that 3.0b was a usable platform and that I would be safe in writing an app on the PC and then moving the code over to VFP on the MAC. Do you have any thoughts on this? The Microsoft work-around of running a browser on the MAC and accessing the data on a intranet server is not at all viable for me. I have about 500 copies of my applicaition out at schools around the United States. Most of the sites are running it in a singel user environment and are not tied into an intranet server in any way (and not likely to be in the future.).
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>Thanks,
>
>Alex
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>PS: Any chance you know of anyone in northern California who could server as a VFE consultant for me?

Alex,
Re : VFP on the Mac.. I would not hold your breath on VFP working well on the Macs... In fact, I don't believe that F1 has a version of VFE that runs on the Macs, do they?? Okay, now I see.. If you look at the version of VFE that is out now, I know of a few folks using the 3.0 version, thay are up on F1's website.. Get used to MS's idea of how to run VFP apps on the Mac (thru a browser, with app on a PC intranet) I think the Mac version of VFP was an after thought, since they have a few people wanting to use VFP on the Mac..

I would also look at the following as an option.. Do you own a copy of FP 2.6 for the Mac and also for the PC?? F1 made a a version of FoxExpress for FP 2.x... I worked with it and found it quite useful.. They now have a version that will create apps for DOS, Windows AND the Mac.. This is version 2.7 or FEX.. They have more info on their website, and maybe you can download a copy of the final beta of this, and see if it will do what you want.. That is my suggestion, if you need a PC AND Mac based version of a product, since (my opinion only here) VFP 3.0 was way to buggy to use in a production enviroment..

Thanx!

Tony Miller
Vancouver, Wa