DOS based Application Express files cannot be read by the Windows Application Express module. You have three options for your code:
1. Purchase a copy of R:BASE for DOS 6.5++ and use it just to make changes to your application. You can run the DOS and Windows versions simultaneously on your database. 2. Re-create your menus in RBWin Application Express. 3. Quit using Application Express and learn the full syntax and have all the flexibility that is not available in the Application Express designer. Regarding potential bugs in your database and applications during the upgrade - they have been discussed many times on this list - and you may want to search the archives for more info - but some things to watch out for are: New reserved words - if you used them in table or column or view names, you'll need to re-name them The standard quote setting is single - while the double works fine, it's not industry standard and may pose problems when you want to use new features like ODBC connections. Ok - there is way too much - you should just come on to the conference this year and we'll set you up in a special R:Clinic session for conversion tips and tricks... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 19312 W 63rd Terr Shawnee KS 66218 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 913-915-1971 ----- Original Message ----- From: B H Hix To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Win App Developer Hi, I'm new to RBASE Windows and I recently purchased an upgrade to RB 65++ and am converting a complicated RB 45++ application. Most things have gone fine. But, I have questions that I cannot find help with a problem I have in HELP or the documentation. I converted the data and applications to RB 65++ for Windows. I used the Application Developer in 45++ to develop the application and wrote several other programs that can be executed from the menu system in Application developer. I can see and run the application and its sub programs fine with no errors found so far, but will likely need to make changes to the application developer. I find no way to change an application short of redesigning it in Windows version or abandoning the Developer and Editing and CODELOCKing the files. The old file endings were APP, API, and APX. Windows apparently uses APW for Windows and I found in the documentation that the Developer stores special information in the .APW file. Is there a way to get the Win Developer convert this app to windows fully? If not is there a workaround to get it to be able to modify this application, such as rename the .API file, but I assume the files are different. Would the new RBASE convert this. If so, How? Is there a workaround to cause RBase Windows to edit and keep maintained a former 45++ DOS Program developed in Developer. Also, since this was a "bug free" application in RB 45++, what is the likely hood that I will have any problems in RB 65++ for Win? Anything special I should look out for? By the way, I use good programming practices and had very few problems with RB in the period I used it from the early 80s to 1998. Thanks, B H Hix [EMAIL PROTECTED]
