Convert Fox Dos 1.0 (?) to something up-to-date

[mwiars]

Are there any upgrade paths for FoxPro 1.0 (circa 1989) to VFP or Access, etc?

I acquired a database that is frequently used but is in serious need of updating. Access and dBase appear to import the tables but there are not any links for the forms and reports.

Thanks in advance.

 

[alvechurchdata]

VFP 9 is a direct upgrade. It will read and write the data files without having to fight OLE or ODBC and it will run a straightforward FOXDOS program. No conversion or migration, just compile and run. It will look ghastly - sort of half and half DOS and Windows - but it'll run. Of course the DOS program will stumble if it's doing anything really clever like low-level control of a Hercules card but the upgrade will be a lot easier than if you were to move to another language. You'll have to do a total rewrite of the user interface to make it look acceptable to today's users but the data structures and the algorithms should come straight across.



Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk