Working on a program translation, still part of the massive project of
taking 88 VFP apps and turning them into something a tad more modern
(VB.NET).
I working on the current program, I've discovered something that is
likely to give me nightmares for days. It's a file conversion program
that handles a lot of different clients. Along with finding that
there are 8 different hard-coded templates containing the mappings,
I've run into some code that is EXTREMELY specific to a single dataset
from a single client.
I created a generic mapping tool to handle the 8 but now I'm finding
things that refer to specific data items and make changes as they go.
I mean like "if x in (1, 3, 203, 54) and y is null and z in ('a', 'c',
'g') then set x = 4" (not the specific conditions and action but you
get the point.
?????
So aside from venting this to people that "feel my pain" I need some
suggestions on how to handle these situations. This program is 13
years old and I'm almost positive that I'm going to find more of these
kinds of things. I want to keep my stuff as "generic" as possible but
have to include the full functionality of the old program.
This file processor is running as a Windows service, BTW. I wanted to
be able to perform the file conversions (from a CSV or fixed length
file to an EDI-type format) asynchronously so I have two different
elements - one is the upload page on the web portal, the other is a
disk based service. It is that service that is encountering this
stuff.
Any suggestions on where this code should go?
Until Later!
C. Hatton Humphrey
http://www.eastcoastconservative.com
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