FoxPro 2.6 for DOS - Tip: Make your own program generator ... 1

[Ams]

I have made my own program generator in Foxpro 2.6 for Dos. First of all you have to make your programs structured.<br>
Then you'll find that only certain things change for a similar program.e.g. You have a Maintenance program for City Master file ( Fields : CityCode, Cityname). In your program you - add, modify,delete, view ,find - a city. Now consider a Country Master File ( fields : CtryCode,CtryName ). If you write a similar program - add, modify,delete, view ,find - a country; you'll find that by changing only the file and field names in city maintenance program to that of country's - you'll have country maintenance ready.<br>
Go one step further. Find out all the other possibilities, make a program that asks for these options and generates all the required programs.<br>
e.g. suppose you want to write a program open a file. Your program generator would look like this.<br>
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SET DEVI TO FILE &quot;OPENDBF.PRG&quot;<br>
@1,1 SAY 'SELE 0'<br>
@1,1 SAY 'USE ' + filetobeopened<br>
SET DEVI TO SCREEN<br>
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......where filetobeopend is the variable you would be GETting before the above program section. You can also keep the name of prg, as variable.<br>
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I have made a very extensive program generator in this manner. If I have, so you can...<br>
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[Guest_imported]

do what you want

 

[grbosse]

Hello Ams,

Perhaps you can help. I used FoxPro2.5 & 2.6 for DOS until a few years ago, but had to go the Windows way. I have quite a bit of genealogy and would like to put it into a web-page. I'm having difficulty finding a program that converts FoxPro to HTML. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Gil

 

[dgrewe]

http://www.amyuni.com

They have a HTML Printdriver that will convert almost anything to a HTML file.

David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
ICQ VFP ActiveList #46145644

 

[Guest_imported]

What is the latest version of Fox Pro for DOS developed?
Where could I find a version of this software either as freeware or to purchase?

 

[dgrewe]

The last DOS based version of FoxPro was 2.6.
Have no clue on where to get a copy. David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
ICQ VFP ActiveList #46145644