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Programing VFP
- Thread starter blumash
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While FP 2.6 - both DOS and Windows - apps will usually run in VFP, there is so much more that can be done that you'll really want to learn it and rewrite the applications. This is especially true if you need to do any updating. The VFP 7.0/8.0 developer environment makes so many thing easier and quicker. Learning the OOP way of doing things can take a while, but it's really worth it in the long run.
Rick
Rick
Hi blumash,
One common fault of self made FPD programmers is that they do the same thing with VFP. There is nothing wrong in that approach, but if they did not get the correct orientation or approach to learn the VFP basics, they dont end up learning it. Where as FPD is more easy to learn in scrambled order.
Once you learn and put one application in VFP, then you will know how to knit your FPD application in VFP.
Now you can try with VFP8. Intellisense should guide you in a much better way. But start with a basic good book with atleast one example application in total.
FPD code will work in VFP but there are so many differences and limitations, you surely need to rebuild in GUI.
ramani
(Subramanian.G)
One common fault of self made FPD programmers is that they do the same thing with VFP. There is nothing wrong in that approach, but if they did not get the correct orientation or approach to learn the VFP basics, they dont end up learning it. Where as FPD is more easy to learn in scrambled order.
Once you learn and put one application in VFP, then you will know how to knit your FPD application in VFP.
Now you can try with VFP8. Intellisense should guide you in a much better way. But start with a basic good book with atleast one example application in total.
FPD code will work in VFP but there are so many differences and limitations, you surely need to rebuild in GUI.
ramani
(Subramanian.G)
Most of us do not have the luxury of throwing everything we know away and starting over, which is what jumping directly into OOP requires.
Our approach was to start slowly. If an application was well designed in the 2.6 world, we moved it up to VFP by simply converting those things that absolulely needed to be converted. There was more than enough to learn about building the new forms and menus without also having to learn a totally new way of thinking about system design.
We are still maintaining some of those old applications for clients who could care less about how we get their work done, (which translates into the fact that they are not willing to pay for a complete redesign.) Because the applications are in the VFP world however, we are able to introduce the new technology one module at a time. Usually when a client gets a taste of the new and better things you can do, they will want more, and that will fund your learning.
As long as you keep an open mind, and look for opportunities to use the new tools and capabilities, you will be able to evolve into the new world. To state a silly, but very meaningful cliche, "... you can't move a mountain all at once, you must begin with one shovel at a time."
Ev
Our approach was to start slowly. If an application was well designed in the 2.6 world, we moved it up to VFP by simply converting those things that absolulely needed to be converted. There was more than enough to learn about building the new forms and menus without also having to learn a totally new way of thinking about system design.
We are still maintaining some of those old applications for clients who could care less about how we get their work done, (which translates into the fact that they are not willing to pay for a complete redesign.) Because the applications are in the VFP world however, we are able to introduce the new technology one module at a time. Usually when a client gets a taste of the new and better things you can do, they will want more, and that will fund your learning.
As long as you keep an open mind, and look for opportunities to use the new tools and capabilities, you will be able to evolve into the new world. To state a silly, but very meaningful cliche, "... you can't move a mountain all at once, you must begin with one shovel at a time."
Ev
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