FoxPro DOS programs loaded into VisualFox Pro

[yuriha]

is there a way to load FoxPro DOS programs into VisualFox Pro ?

[Cindy Winegarden]

Hi Yuriha,

What do you mean by "load?" Backward compatibility has been maintained in
VFP so the FPD code should run, although the rendering of screens can be
unpredictable, especially due to WinXP themes.

[yuriha]

by loading I mean loading the source so I could save time instead of
implementing again all the code in VFP ...

Post by Cindy Winegarden
Hi Yuriha,
What do you mean by "load?" Backward compatibility has been maintained in
VFP so the FPD code should run, although the rendering of screens can be
unpredictable, especially due to WinXP themes.
--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional

Post by yuriha
is there a way to load FoxPro DOS programs into VisualFox Pro ?

[Dan Freeman]

Your mileage may vary. As Cindy said, VFP is backwards-compatible. The code
SHOULD run unchanged, although the result may be less than what you'd like.

Make a backup, and then try it and see. <shrug>

Dan

Post by yuriha
by loading I mean loading the source so I could save time instead of
implementing again all the code in VFP ...

Post by Cindy Winegarden
Hi Yuriha,
What do you mean by "load?" Backward compatibility has been
maintained in VFP so the FPD code should run, although the rendering
of screens can be unpredictable, especially due to WinXP themes.
--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional

Post by yuriha
is there a way to load FoxPro DOS programs into VisualFox Pro ?

[Lee Mitchell]

Hi yuriha:

Look at these links to see if they are useful.


Chuck Urwiler's FoxPro Advisor article at:
http://foxproadvisor.com/doc/05239

Also, this is a link to an older white paper on converting from FoxPro 2.x
to VFP 5.0. While the information is a little old, much of it is still
applicable to later versions:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarfoxgen/
html/msdn_movfox.asp

I hope this helps.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Sincerely,
Microsoft FoxPro Technical Support
Lee Mitchell

*-- VFP9 HAS ARRIVED!! --*
Read about all the new features of VFP9 here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/

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http://www.microsoft.com/PRODUCTS/info/product.aspx?view=22&pcid=54787e64-52
69-4500-8bf2-3f06689f4ab3&type=ovr

Keep an eye on the product lifecycle for Visual FoxPro here:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex
- VFP5 Mainstream Support retired June 30th, 2003
- VFP6 Mainstream Support retired Sept. 30th, 2003

Post by yuriha
by loading I mean loading the source so I could save time instead of
implementing again all the code in VFP ...
Hi Yuriha,
What do you mean by "load?" Backward compatibility has been maintained in
VFP so the FPD code should run, although the rendering of screens can be
unpredictable, especially due to WinXP themes.
--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional

Post by yuriha
is there a way to load FoxPro DOS programs into VisualFox Pro ?