[RBG7-L] - Re: RBase 7.5 & 8

[Claudine Robbins]

Karen, My WRITEs in 6.5++ were always small and often mixed text with calculated results so I use something similar to Gunnar’s except I simply concatenate variables to include text and calculations results into one unique variable vmsg which makes up my display form.     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gunnar Ekblad Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:52 AM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: RBase 7.5 & 8   Karen and Others As for the writes  I do the writes to a diskfile. The diskfile I use with the Property <Componentid> LOAD_FROM_FILE to a user defined variable listbox.  that’s is how I converted/or plan to convert some quick and dirtys selects and writes in my DOS  apps to 7.1 Se also posting from MikeB on this subject I works great for its purpose and is as simple as selects and writes in DOS.   Gunnar Ekblad Kontema IT AB H�stholmsv�gen 32 S-131 30 NACKA 070 545 50 38 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 22 juni 2004 02:13 To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: RBase 7.5 & 8   Buddy: Now that I think of it, I do have some Writes to the screen in my Windows app, even though it looks ugly.  Alot of times it was just the easiest way to do things!   So I'll bet you're right -- I assume 7.1 would just ignore them.    Would I have to bring up each form and report and "convert" them to 7.1 even though I don't really want to do anything else with them other than have them just run as they are? So that's tip #1:  replace all writes before you run a 6.5++ app in 7.1.   Any other tips? Karen Karen   I believe you can run 6.5 apps provided they are not using any command specific to R:Base DOS. One example I can think of is using the Write to screen. This won't stop the program, but it prints char down the left side of the screen. I'm sure there are others. Unless you plan on redoing all of your forms and reports you must convert them to 6.5++ first. Depending on the form and report you may be better off re-doing them. Buddy