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  • 12-09-2005 6:25pm
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    coolio_64
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    whaere can i get good information on the above


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    gerryk
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    Are you talking about Clipper/xBase file formats? What do you need to know?


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    Kernel32
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    I am neck deep in old FoxPro dbf's right now. If your refering to xbase files then run, run as fast as your legs will take you!


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    gerryk
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    Or alternatively I could help... I've been doing the xBase thing since dBase III. I haven't looked at it much since about '99, but I know my way around all that stuff fairly well.
    Kernel32, are you using the various MS incarnations of Fox, or the prior versions?


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    Kernel32
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    We recently upgraded from Fox6 to Fox9 an old application that we are remarketing. The upgrading wasn't too bad but I come to find out there are loads of hard coded paths. I have broken reports along with some VB6 utility applications that are broken. Its nearly there though! Offically we release tomorrow but it will be a few more weeks yet before I am comfortable allowing CD's out the door for demo clients.


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    gerryk
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    Kernel32 wrote:
    there are loads of hard coded paths

    written by a real pro so?


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    Kernel32
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    gerryk wrote:
    written by a real pro so?

    Well development stopped about 4 years ago on the product and as far as I can tell there have been about 15 contract programmers work on it at one time or another. I use one of the original programmers for some work now and again and he told me that at one point there were 10 contractors working on it with no software developer manager. What you end up with is messy code and shortcuts everywhere, not something that will happen under my watch!


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    gerryk
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    You tell 'em!! :D
    Next time you're looking for an xBase programmer and want quality, don't hesitate to give me a shout.


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    gerryk
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    coolio_64 wrote:
    whaere can i get good information on the above

    so do you need any information or not?


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    coolio_64
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    would like some help indeed


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    siding
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    The repair outlook and data email recovery has prompted you a path of the Outlook Express files' storage. And now save the damaged dbx files in the safe folder, they can be useful.


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    bonkey
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    coolio_64 wrote:
    whaere can i get good information on the above

    google


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    coolio_64
    Closed Accounts Posts: 346 ✭✭coolio_64


    well?


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    Kernel32
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    water


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