Hi Tom, >From my experience only the simplest forms and reports converted easily and I ended up re-creating most from scratch.
I have to say that I wasn't too impressed to start with but starting again did allow (or force) me to re-think the designs and to take advantage of newer features. It was hard work but I ended up with better forms and reports and it was worth it. I would recommend that you/your client bite the bullet and rebuild rather than convert. fwiw, Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Grimshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:26 AM Subject: RE: convert from dos to win 6.5++ > G'day Javier, > > In hindsight, is it possible to estimate how much time > it saved converting rather than rebuilding from scratch? > > As a guide, and only on average, how long did it take > per form and report? > > I only ask as a DOS client may wish to upgrade and some > estimate based on your experience would be better than none. > > At 17:54 08/10/02 -0500, you wrote: > >I found that when I converted from DOS to Windows many of the fields in the > >report translated with the wrong justification, i.e. text would translate > >right justified, currency left justified, etc. Also, many times the text > >fields would translate with a border where the original report did not have > >one. I have tried every setting to no avail. I submitted to RDCC as a bug > >and the status is "verified/no plans to include." If your DOS report uses > >the compressed and landscape text option where you can fit app. 160+ columns > >in a regular size page it will translate spread over app. 16 in. (regardless > >of what is your default font size in Windows reports), and you will have to > >relocate the columns. So be ready to manually correct the location, > >justification as well as other display properties. I hope that you do not > >have too many reports to convert, I had to convert over 80 reports and it > >took a lot of time. > > Warmest regards, > > > Tom Grimshaw > coy: Just For You Software > tel: 612 9552 3311 > fax: 612 9566 2164 > mobile: 0414 675 903 > > post: PO Box 470 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia > street: 3/66 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe NSW 2037 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.just4usoftware.com.au > > "... the control of impulse -- is the first principle of civilization."-- > Will Durant, > Pulitzer Prize winning philosopher, writer and historian > > the most needed product in the world can be found at > www.thewaytohappiness.org > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the > intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email > inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not > disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should > notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. > Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer > viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with > it are free from such viruses. > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
