Conversion of Clipper --> VB.NET
Ashish Shah
in to VB.NET?
The clipper application is in Win98 and the new OS needs to be WinXP.
Thx,
A
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Again write application in VB.NET.
tom knauf
its a complete rewrite and you will miss some functions from clipper.
Here are some tips
Check your data structures, remove things not used anymore.
Setup ADO and create some classes to read/write/search your data (like
customer with .getrecord, .saverecord(), depends on your needs)
Start creating forms (form classes) to search and edit your data
Remember that as far as I know VB misses the "datecheck on entry" you are
used from clipper, you have to create / buy classes.
Start building your reports
There is/was a foxpro project ("vbtoolkit") that offers some foxfunctions
(which are similar to clipper) on vb.net, like arrays, strings, and so on
HTH
Tom
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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)
> Any recommendations on how to go about converting clipper application
> in to VB.NET?
> The clipper application is in Win98 and the new OS needs to be WinXP.
Shouldn't you try Visual Foxpro first? And I think C# is more like
Clipper than VB.Net.
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aardvark
.NET, you could try xHarbour, which is practically 100% Clipper
compatible. It produces 32 and 64 bit applications and has various
options in graphical libraries for producing windows programs.
"aardvark"
Al Acker
If you're going to convert Clipper to a dot NET app..... use Visual Studio
and Vulcan. ( Vulcan is at least an xbase language and would convert way
faster than a complete rewrite to VB ).
There's a free trial at http://GoVulcan.net which includes Visual Studio.
Al
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Al Acker
Shouldn't you try Visual Foxpro first? And I think C# is more like
Clipper than VB.Net.
>>
Try Vulcan... it IS the closest to Clipper you can have and still be able to
use visual studio to produce a NET app. http://govulcan.net for a trial.
I was VERY pleasantly surprised when the product was released. I started
using it oh maybe 3 or 4 months ago and have already converted 3 clipper
apps. ( they were small apps, but they converted very quickly )
Al
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> Ashish Shah wrote:
>> Any recommendations on how to go about converting clipper application
>> in to VB.NET?
>> The clipper application is in Win98 and the new OS needs to be WinXP.
>
> Shouldn't you try Visual Foxpro first? And I think C# is more like
> Clipper than VB.Net.
>
>
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