Upgrading from VFP 5.0 to 6.0 1

[BobMorris]

Just got a contract with a bank. They have a VFP 5.0 app which they would like to upgrade to 6.0.

Seems like this should be simple and straigtfoward enough, just rebuild the app in 6.0. Are there any problems or things to look out for going from 5.0 to 6.0?

Any help appreciated.

 

[ramani]

You must me doing it right.. that is the way to go. Just remember to apply the SP5 or atleast SP4 before you rebuild the executable. Just for infomation... VFP7 will be rolling out soon !

Best of luck! ramani :-9
(Subramanian.G)
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LET KNOW IF THIS HELPED. ENOUGH EXPERTS ARE HERE TO HELP YOU OUT! BEST OF LUCK

 

[rgbean]

Actually the biggest problem you may have to deal with is the SET STRICTDATE stituation. By default in 6.0 this is set to 1, where 5.0 essentially uses the 0 setting. You'll have to decide whether to change your code to set it to 1 (and ignore potential ambiguous dates) everywhere - it's one of those that's scoped to the datasession, or fix all your date manipulation code.

They also tighten up some of the setfocus() code - it's not only not allowed in VALID() and WHEN() methods, but also if these are anywhere in the current call stack.

Rick

 

[BobMorris]

Thanks for the replies! As it turns out, the app is sort of Foxpro for Windows coding with a little OOP and VFP on top, so there's nothing complicated to worry about, and so far, the conversion has been a no-brainer.

Then we get to do it again with VFP 7.0!