Re: Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0

2011-10-18 Thread Alan Bourke
On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:06 PM, "Paul Hill" wrote: > > Just a thought: Can VFP launch a FPW EXE? e.g. 'DO MyApp.exe' > Probably not... No, you get 'Object file xyz.exe was compiled in a different version of FoxPro.' -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _

Re: Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0

2011-10-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Alan Bourke wrote: > On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:53 AM, "Michael Madigan" > wrote: >> Will it compile as-in in VFP 9? > > What I meant was - it might be less hassle to leave it as it is now if > the customer doesn't want to pay to bring it up to VFP9 properly.

Re: Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0

2011-10-18 Thread Alan Bourke
On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:53 AM, "Michael Madigan" wrote: > Will it compile as-in in VFP 9?    > > What I meant was - it might be less hassle to leave it as it is now if the customer doesn't want to pay to bring it up to VFP9 properly. You would at the very least have to run it through t

Re: Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0

2011-10-18 Thread Michael Madigan
Will it compile as-in in VFP 9?    From: Alan Bourke To: profox@leafe.com Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:34 AM Subject: Re: Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0 On Monday, October 17, 2011 1:28 PM, "Michael Madigan" wrote: > Re-writing this &

Re: Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0

2011-10-18 Thread Alan Bourke
On Monday, October 17, 2011 1:28 PM, "Michael Madigan" wrote: > Re-writing this > program from scratch is not an option.  > Is leaving it as is an option then ? Because that might be easier. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _

Re: Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0

2011-10-17 Thread Dan Covill
On 10/17/11 13:28, Michael Madigan wrote: > Re-writing this program from scratch is not an option. Meaning you're not going to re-design it. That's fine. You are still going to have to re-write large sections of the code. I'd start by trying to simply run it under VFP9 do MyOldPOS and see wh

Re: Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0

2011-10-17 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 10/17/2011 01:28 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > I haven't done a conversion since version 7.0, so are there any hints or > recommendations before I undertake this conversion? Are there any > third-party products to make the job easier and/or better? As always, the > client wants to do in t

Converting an old FPW 2.6 to VFP 9.0

2011-10-17 Thread Michael Madigan
I haven't done a conversion since version 7.0, so are there any hints or recommendations before I undertake this conversion?   Are there any third-party products to make the job easier and/or better?   As always, the client wants to do in the least expensive way possible.   The last time I conve