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Endless loop
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01/10/2002 16:32:41
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00706573
Message ID:
00706580
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Nadya,

Now I understand why you are looking for a job in Ohio. :-)

>Hi everybody,
>
>I inherited DataEntry application from my colleague. It was started ~ 1999 in a completely separate framework (not the one, we use), was very messy and buggy.
>
>Ok, I
>1) Convert it to using our standard framework
>2) Instead of repetative form's code created bunch of classes
>3) Fixed and simplified couple of methods
>4) Made lots of other changes
>5) Added completely separate regime and couple of new menu functionality
>6) All within ~1,5-2,5 months
>
>At the end I could not even look at this application. Each time I thought, it's fine, the new little glitch was discovered and I started to workaround again.
>
>Ok, I finally turned this app for user's testing.
>
>She gave me a list of ~10+ different problems to fix.
>
>I fixed them all, turned it back.
>
>She found few not entirely fixed, few new problems, couple of suggestions, etc.
>
>I fixed again and turned back.
>
>She re-tested and found few new problems, some fixed on the first round re-appeared.
>
>Fixed them again, turned back.
>
>Worked for ~week and a half on several other projects forgetting this nightmare.
>
>Today get a list with 11 items, some of them ER, some unnoticed problems, one is very annoying problem with validation in a grid.
>
>Ok, I spent the whole day today on the first problem. I almost solved it except for one little thing...
>
>When this project would be over? Seems like I'm going in a circle...
>
>:)
David Stevenson, MCSD, 2-time VFP MVP / St. Petersburg, FL USA / david@topstrategies.com
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