Ed,
I have converted my big 6.5 app's to 7.6 by making single actions from
each vpick, such as:
&COMMAND
act01
....
RETURN
for all CASE and pack it together in a new app. In the rba you only run
the action from the apx:
RUN act01 IN test.apx
RETURN
It works faster, because the rba's are small without the code. And you
can better read the code at all in an app-file as in the single menu
items of the rba.
Hartmut Braun
John Engwer schrieb:
Ed,
I have converted quite a few applications and my opinion is that it is worth the effort to move all of the code into your forms from the beginning. In most cases it is not a very difficult; you should be able to create a main menu form then cut and paste most the code into your form from your application.
John
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Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:11 PM
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Subject: [RBASE-L] - 4.5 - 7.6 Application Conversion Question/Considerations
Hello Rbase-l,
I am converting/migrating an application from R:Base 4.5 to Windows 7.6. I
think that most
of the forms, reports, and labels are now successfully migrated. Along the way
I am trying
to take advantage of much of the new functionality to improve user navigation
and data
quality/integrity. There is a LOT of good function in 7.6.
I have one forms question that I will enter in a subsequent post to the forum.
In my 4.5 application I used numerous external .cmd files and those have been
converted.
Most of the issues were screen handling (converting Write and Fillin to Pause
and Dialog)
and printer parameters.
The final challenge is the .app file. Walking through the Application Build
tutorial today
and evaluating the Forms options, it looks like creating an application .rba
file makes the
most sense for my environment.
I am having a problem "putting it all together". Is there a method to convert
my current
.app file to an .rba. I understand that the afore mentioned screen handling and
printer
commands need to be updated. My current app is about 750 lines of code and I
would
like to take advantage of much of it as practical without a total re-do.
I am curious what others on the forum have done in these circumstances and if
you
could point me to any documentation or examples. I have been through the
"Getting
Started, DB Conversion Guide, Edge articles, Tutorial, and Sample apps.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Take care,
Ed Rivkin
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