hacking scx/vcx, is it safe? 1

[Stefan5627]

In my project I have subclassed all my baseclasses and used those controls in my forms.
However in some older forms I use the vfp baseclasses. I want to change them in the subclassed equivalents by hacking the scx/vcx.
I have made a copy of my project and changed the class and classloc fields of every scx/vcx in the appropriate values.
Everything seems to work fine after the changes, but is it safe to hack a scx/vcx like this?

Any comments would be appreciated,

Stefan

 

[Neil Toulouse]

Hi!

Have a look at faq184-2849 it may save you some time!

Neil

I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours...

 

[Stefan5627]

Neil,

Thank you for your quick response, I did check the FAQ's first but somehow I missed this one.
I just needed some reassurance that what I was doing is safe and according to this FAQ it is.

Stefan

 

[Mike Lewis]

Stefan,

If you are likely to be doing this sort of thing often, you should consider investing in Rick Schummer's HackCX tool, which does exactly what you want in a very safe and robust way. See Rick's site, at

http://www.whitelightcomputing.com.

It might be overkill for your needs. But I have had a copy for some months now, and am always finding uses for it.

Mike

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Visual FoxPro (www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk)
Crystal Reports (www.ml-crystal.com)

 

[Stefan5627]

Hello Mike,

Thank you for your reply. I became familiar with the HackCX tool when I did a google search on the subject.
It did seem overkill as you stated, I have already made a small prg that make's the necessary changes all my scx/vcx files.
I will keep the hacCx tool in mind for possible future needs however.

Stefan