Compare Foxpro VCX
I love BC3! 
I have found something that makes it even more useful for me.
It's an external program that acts as a filter for BC2 or BC3 for Visual Foxpro file types. The most useful part for me is the support for comparing two Foxpro class libraries ( *.VCX )
This gem of a program called VFP2TEXT.EXE was written by Frank Perez specifically for BC. http://www.pfsolutions-mi.com/blog/2...ndCompare.aspx
He even includes an import settings file for BC2 to automatically import the rule.
I have done a few extra things such as making an BC3 import for the FoxPro file formats for use with VFP2TEXT.EXE:
** Note, if you want to edit *.prg, *.h and *.mpr files, make a seperate file format definition for those formats using a normal text compare ( don't use the external program ). Actually there is no good reason I can see why you would want to run a file which is plain text through VFP2Text.EXE.
If you are still reading then maybe you will be interested in trying out my preferences and file format's with VFP grammer for a VFP like feel in BC3. In that case after setting up VFP2TEXT.EXE download the attached .bcpkg file and import it.
I have heard that people using CVS systems, convert their .vcx files to a text format for the purposes of version comparision and editing, make changes to the text and then use another program to stick the text back into a .vcx file. If a similar technique could be used, it might be possible to edit the .vcx text in BC3 and then save it back to a .vcx. That would be very nice! If anyone know how to set this up please post it on this thread!
I have found something that makes it even more useful for me.It's an external program that acts as a filter for BC2 or BC3 for Visual Foxpro file types. The most useful part for me is the support for comparing two Foxpro class libraries ( *.VCX )
This gem of a program called VFP2TEXT.EXE was written by Frank Perez specifically for BC. http://www.pfsolutions-mi.com/blog/2...ndCompare.aspx
He even includes an import settings file for BC2 to automatically import the rule.
I have done a few extra things such as making an BC3 import for the FoxPro file formats for use with VFP2TEXT.EXE:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- Produced by Beyond Compare 3 from Scooter Software --> <BCFileFormats> <TTextFormat Value="Foxpro"> <CharPerLine Value="4096"/> <CodePageDetect Value="True"/> <ColBased Value="False"/> <CommentCaseSig Value="True"/> <ConvertKind Value="convertApp"/> <ConvertLoadApp Value="C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 3\VFP2Text\VFP2Text.EXE %s %t"/> <ConvertNoEdit Value="True"/> <ConvertSaveApp Value=""/> <CtrlZIsEOF Value="False"/> <DirectiveCaseSig Value="True"/> <EnvironVarCaseSig Value="True"/> <IdentifierCaseSig Value="True"/> <KeywordCaseSig Value="False"/> <LabelCaseSig Value="True"/> <LineBased Value="False"/> <LineNumCaseSig Value="True"/> <Mask Value="*.cdx;*.dbc;*.dbf;*.dct;*.dcx;*.fpt;*.frt;*.frx;*.fxp;*.h;*.lbt;*.lbx;*.mnt;*.mnx;*.mpr;*.mpx;*.pjt;*.pjx;*.prg;*.qpr;*.sct;*.scx;*.vct;*.vcx"/> <NumberCaseSig Value="True"/> <OperatorCaseSig Value="True"/> <StringCaseSig Value="True"/> <TabAsSpaces Value="False"/> <TabSize Value="8"/> <TidyLeadingWS Value="False"/> <TrimTrailingWS Value="False"/> </TTextFormat> </BCFileFormats>
** Note, if you want to edit *.prg, *.h and *.mpr files, make a seperate file format definition for those formats using a normal text compare ( don't use the external program ). Actually there is no good reason I can see why you would want to run a file which is plain text through VFP2Text.EXE.
If you are still reading then maybe you will be interested in trying out my preferences and file format's with VFP grammer for a VFP like feel in BC3. In that case after setting up VFP2TEXT.EXE download the attached .bcpkg file and import it.
I have heard that people using CVS systems, convert their .vcx files to a text format for the purposes of version comparision and editing, make changes to the text and then use another program to stick the text back into a .vcx file. If a similar technique could be used, it might be possible to edit the .vcx text in BC3 and then save it back to a .vcx. That would be very nice! If anyone know how to set this up please post it on this thread!
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