Re: How far are we away from being able to use C7 in an application?

[pbl...@odstrategies.org]

I would agree. the last two releases fixed a large problem I had even
converting an app. The release from 3 versions back trashed an
application on conversion such that I had to hack out a chunk. I re
ran the conversion on the newest release and had two tiny convert
errors. One was a dropped use variable on a report band and the other
was an invalid SEQ in a screen structure. Procedures worked as
expected. I made a few changes to use the new menus. 90 procedures
with a fair amount of hand code and 3rd party templates. With those
two repairs I got a clean compile.

My other app uses all most all the run time graphics properties and it
tripped up a couple things that are reported but have work arounds.

The key is making sure all you templates register correctly. Don't try
any conversions until they do. Instead of highlighting all the
templates in a directory to mass register them, try doing them one at
a time to make sure each goes through. Keep some notes.

Make as few adjustments to the C7 Redirect file as required. It's easy
to get things confused. Note that the root LIBSCR is no longer the
only place to save class data as it was in C6.

There are other bugs left but only recently is it good enough for me
to use. I have two large apps converted and working well. I have a few
cosmetic things I've worked around and one I'm waiting on.

The IDE has a learning curve. Watch some of the videos made by Bob
Foreman. If you can get the Podcast with the two Bob's that is also a
good one for working the small errors you'll get converting. They are
really easy to fix but you have to know how. It's not fun playing
customer but you need a few days inside the box to feel better.

On 15 Jun 2009 04:31:40 -0400, "Ole Morten Heien"
<nis...@nordpolen.com> wrote:

>When we started with the Gold edition there was a huge amount of errors and
>showstoppers, but today we are working pretty efficient. There are still a
>couple of problems but most of them are cosmetic when you learn how to avoid
>them
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Paul Blais - Hayes, Virginia