Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-20 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo
@Mike: The FOXOBJECT only applies wheh iterating over an object matrix, like objects or controls or any object collection, not for iterating properties or character arrays In any case I did learn that it's always better to iterate using for i = 1 to x syntax, because normally you need to know the

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-20 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2017-06-19 12:15, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: Hi Paul: Just in case you didn't already think on possible setting's that can affect the performance heavily, and you keep looking what is different in VFP 9 that can make things so slow, I give you one that could be the responsible: Using for..

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Paul Hemans
@Ted that is an interesting approach. If I understand you correctly, run the report take the output and use that as the basis of a template. Very nice. I am looking at +50 reports. As far as a JS reporting engine goes we haven't really decided at this point. We are toying with possibly using onli

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Paul Hemans
@Koen would running the reports under vfp9 make it any more unicode friendly? On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Koen Piller wrote: > Paul > I am not going to try to solve your VFP8 conversion to VFP9 problem, > although I am convinced it can and should be solved. > To stay on VFP8 and still make

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Paul Hemans
@Fernando that is a great point and one that I had completely missed. Really appreciate the input. On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 2:15 AM, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: > Hi Paul: > > Just in case you didn't already think on possible setting's that can affect > the performance heavily, and you keep looking

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo
Hi Paul: Just in case you didn't already think on possible setting's that can affect the performance heavily, and you keep looking what is different in VFP 9 that can make things so slow, I give you one that could be the responsible: Using for..each for looping into a VFP object without using the

RE: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Ivan Martinez (imvh.g.c)
de 2017 9:29 Para: profoxt...@leafe.com Asunto: Re: frx to html conversion Alan, you are right. In (my view of) a perfect world I would be translating from frx to html views that could be interpreted by ejs.co I do still see the need for the PDFs as that is how we produce labels. The frx for

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Paul Hemans wrote: > Is anyone aware of a utility that will take a vfp8 report .frx / .frt and > convert it into some form of html template? To clarify, I am not looking to > run a vfp report and have it output in html. However, if you run all of your VFP reports

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Paul Hemans
Alan, you are right. In (my view of) a perfect world I would be translating from frx to html views that could be interpreted by ejs.co I do still see the need for the PDFs as that is how we produce labels. The frx formatting is also nice eye candy, but the ability of HTML interfaces to drill throug

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Alan Bourke
My understanding is Paul wanted to convert FRX\FRT layouts to some sort of HTML-based equivalent, rather than producing a HTML report. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Koen Piller
Paul I am not going to try to solve your VFP8 conversion to VFP9 problem, although I am convinced it can and should be solved. To stay on VFP8 and still make use of Foxypreviewr which only runs under VFP9SP2 I have once seen the following successfully: Built a project under VFP9SP2 with Foxypreview

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Paul Hemans
Koen, honestly why I am using vfp8 is a long (frustrating) story. The short story is that I wrote a huge development environment with its own compiler, I won't bore you with the details :) suffice to say that I am not kidding when I say it is huge. It runs fine under vfp8, but under vfp9 something

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Koen Piller
Paul, upgrade to VFP9SP2 and make use of FoxyPreviewer. FoxyPreviewer has different export/saving options, amongst HTML Easy to use. Why do you stick to VFP8 anyway? Regards, Koen 2017-06-19 1:03 GMT+02:00 Paul Hemans : > Is anyone aware of a utility that will take a vfp8 report .frx / .frt and >

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Paul Hemans
Thierry I agree about PDFs, however frxs just don't fit with the direction we are heading with system development. It's a pity because I liked the vfp reporting and we have a tonne of reports coded. Maybe I'll have to try a vfp report runner COM server that can switch code pages. On Mon, Jun 19, 2

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Thierry Nivelet
For reports, PDF is more consistent than HTML: fixed vs 'floating' positioning. Using JS, you can display a PDF report in a child window, or a new browser tab or window Thierry Nivelet http://foxincloud.com/ Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud > Le 19 juin 2017 à 11:19, Alan Bourke a

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Alan Bourke
I don't think such a thing exists - I would guess most people find it quicker to just re-do them. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listi

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-18 Thread Kurt at VR-FX
I wonder in Fox-in-Cloud does something like that! What do you say Thierry??? -K- On 6/18/2017 7:03 PM, Paul Hemans wrote: Is anyone aware of a utility that will take a vfp8 report .frx / .frt and convert it into some form of html template? To clarify, I am not looking to run a vfp report and

frx to html conversion

2017-06-18 Thread Paul Hemans
Is anyone aware of a utility that will take a vfp8 report .frx / .frt and convert it into some form of html template? To clarify, I am not looking to run a vfp report and have it output in html. We need to take a number of fairly simple reports and permanently move them to html. I expect to have t