Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!jhunix!dat_48 From: dat_48@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Michael Silano ) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: FoxPro Introduction Keywords: Foxbase, Foxpro Message-ID: <2765@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 3 Oct 89 12:44:49 GMT References: <2741@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <258@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu.edu> Reply-To: dat_48@jhunix.UUCP (Michael Silano ) Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Lines: 19 In article <258@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu.edu> coop@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Boris Pelakh) writes: >In article <2741@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, (Michael Silano ) writes: >> Foxpro, Fox Software's answer to Dbase 4 is on the way as announced >> in the Foxbase User Newsletter. Included are: >> >> [ List of Features Deleted ] >> > >I have about 5000 line of dBASE IV code. How easy do you think it would be >to convert that to FoxPro ? Especially dBASE IV stuff, such as window commands, >MDX files (I don't use SQL - don't trust it *sigh*) - how will it port ? > Well, I'm not quite sure. Foxbase has always been (in the past, that is) 100 % code compatible with DBase, with very few changes. I'm not sure if that will hold for Dbase IV <--> FoxPro - I'll have to look it up and get back to you... Michael Silano