Hey Fred - I understand what you mean - and that DOES Make sense. I shall try it now...
-K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Fred Taylor Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 10:29 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: MORE Screen Hacking & a Query... Leave the OBJCODE field blank and issue a COMPILE FORM yourformname command to build it from your METHOD code. Fred On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Kurt <k...@isssusa.com> wrote: > Hey Folks, > > > > I've made a LOT of progress on this Utility I've been working on - to > automate conversion of system PRG code to Screens/Forms. > > > > However, I've run into a complication that's a bit of a stumper. > > > > Just to Prefix the explanation of the problem. To do the Screen Hacking - I > create what I call a Base Screen - which has Basic controls in it - > including a Container for the creation of required Pop-up windows. I copy > that Base Screen to a New screen file - for each program that will be > converted. Then I duplicate the basic controls - making copies of the > records - to create the new controls on the new screen. I'm now starting to > look at implementing Methods - like the Screen Init - in particular, > putting > into it the Parameters statement from the PRG. I created dummy code - > really > just Commented code - within the INIT Method in the Base Screen. > > > > However, here's the problem. I open up the Base Screen as a DBF file - to > look at how that INIT Method is actually implemented. And, of course, I see > the Code within the Methods memo field - formatted as a Procedure. No > problem there. I got my conversion program to implement that without a > problem. The problem lies in the ObjCode memo field. I saw in the Base > screen that this ObjCode memo field has cryptically encoded data - lots of > strange characters. But, within all those strange characters - I found it > showing the word "INIT". So - obviously the Init code is in there. But, how > to I properly implement this ObjCode memo field. Since, its definitely > related - and, on the new screen I generated - the Methods field looks fine > when I open the Screen like a DBF. However, when I open the Screen AS a > Screen - and I look at the Init Method - its mostly Garbage! > > > > I'm sure those familiar with the intricacies of Screen Hacking know what I > am talking about - and, hopefully can point me in the right direction. > > > > TIA, > > Kurt > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/55A3F5E7432D42E085B90D47A459347F@Programming2 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
