Hey there Amy! I was VERY Surprised to see your reply!!!
Not only cause I have been a Member of this group for YEARS now - but, will honestly say - I've seen very, VERY Few women in this group!!! So - If you're a Newbie to the Group - CONGRATS for finding this group of Decrepitly Old Programmers like me! If you're NOT New - then this reply makes me seem like an Arse... But, either way - yeah - I am Stoked to see your message - I'm Glad you like what I am sharing here! Will admit one final thing about this all... And - I have spoken about this with my 2 main coworkers. But, truthfully - Claude has allowed me to produce a TON of CODE (seriously - it's a TON - and Functional) - without the DEEP Knowledge of programming in C# and without even the full knowledge of doing development in VisualStudio. And, now - based upon a TON of the work I did to build an Entire Process - now - based upon the prior work - So, literally about 30-45 min prep work for the screen - Claude reading FoxPro code - finding all the DBF files as prep - and other stuff - then I fed all that - others screens as a reference - an MD Doc with my "Vision" process - then, the final step - tell it to build the screen - and the actual building - and producing a XAML layout QUITE Close to the FoxPro layout - but, with our proper Styles for our C# Screens - like fonts, sizes, even Grid styles - and Boom - the screen was Runable in like 3 min after the initial prep work. AI has become a GAME Changer. And - they have been trying to convert OUT of FoxPro for like 10-12 years - initially to PHP - But, hit many Walls - then totally changed to now doing C# (which started before I got to the Company) - and, now I have the chance to EXTREMELY Accelerate the Conversion process! It kinda Blows My Mind!!! And - it kinda makes ME look like the Hero - and Who does NOT want to be the IT Super-P Hero!?!?!? -Kurt On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM Amy King <[email protected]> wrote: > Kurt - > This is excellent news! I'd like to follow your progress as this is > something I have been contemplating for several months now. > > > Amy King > President/Owner > > P: 440-891-9100 x100 <(440)%20891-9100> > Direct: 310-525-5371 <(310)%20525-5371> > F: 440-891-9458 <(440)%20891-9458> > > The Baldwin Group, Inc. > 7550 Lucerne Dr. > Suite 306 > Cleveland, OH 44130 > > "The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2026 6:53 PM > To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> > Subject: FoxPro Conversion Astonishment! > > As many of you know - I have been DEEPLY involved with using AI for Coding > Efforts - largely for conversions from FoxPro to C#. But, also - for some > FoxPro code updates - and even using Claude to help me solve code problems > - even at times data problems. > > Yes - it's been a while since I last posted... > > Yes - it's been INSANELY Quiet the last few months here on the ProFox > List... > > But, something fun occurred today - that I felt I really wanted to chat > here > about! > > First - as you folks probably already know - the CEO of the co. where I > work > - agreed to get an Annual Claude AI Subscrip for me and my Manager - after > I > did the initial testing to prove how Claude could be Helpful. > > Since then - I have been plowing thru things with Claude... > > Then - a couple weeks ago - my manager sent an email to my programming > co-worker, as in, the CEO approved for him to get Claude. Although - at the > time - my co-worker was in Thailand on vacation. So - he got back mid-last > week, and saw the email. Then - like 2 days ago - he got his subscription > to > Claude. I had some Serious chats with him - then also discussed a LOT about > how I work with Claude - what I feed him - to do the Screen conversions. > And, he started using Claude to finish the Dev work on a Very complicated > C# screen. He was Immediately getting BLOWN Away by what Claude could do. > And - yeah - he is using Claude Code & the Desktop App - so it can Directly > Read and Manipulate code. > > Well, today - I got back to work on this one screen conversion for Cust > Order Maint. I previously did the project prep work - Flattened the FoxPro > screen code - had Claude read it - find all the DBF's - update a FoxPro > program to open them all - then list out ALL DBF files to a status file - > DBF and each Index (List Status) - and all structures (yeah - separate > commands). > > And, I already gave Claude my documentation for the Vision Process - where > it can SEE what it produces via a C# screen - to understand the FoxPro > screen layout - and convert it into a Viable C# screen. > > So - based upon Everything I gave it - I said - here is the Flattened > FoxPro > code for the screen. Produce the XAML code - and Bare min. C# code behind - > just enough so it can run! Claude did it. And, before I ran it for the VERY > First time - I brought up the actual FoxPro screen, via our system > - with an actual data record - and have that window on my 2nd screen. I > told > my co-worker to come over - I wanted to show him something - I said - > Claude > just created the screen with what I gave him - I am about to Run that new > screen! > > It worked - Screen layout was VERY Close to the FoxPro screen layout - > which > was running on my second monitor. The new screen also has ALL our Standard > C# control Styles applied! > > He was BLOWN AWAY! He was like - WOW - that right there would have taken me > TWO Weeks to develop in C# - and, we are talking Just laying out the > Controls - NO Date wiring involved yet! > > So - Bottomline - it was SUPER FUN to watch his shock at what I showed > him!!! > > OK folks - Carry On... > > -Kurt > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > https://lists.leafe.com/postorius/lists/profox.leafe.com/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] OT-free version of > this list: https://lists.leafe.com/postorius/lists/profoxtech.leafe.com/ > Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: > > https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CAAMUSVg0ZWoEbjw=dt_7xsKbUSNgewghaGuh25VmSN > [email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of > the > author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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