FOXBIN2PRG

Project Manager: Fernando D. Bozzo

Bidirectional conversion of Visual FoxPro 9.0 binary files to replace SCCText.

What is it and how to use it?

It is a program intended to be used with SCM tools (Source Code Managers) for Diff and Merge operations, that pretends to sustitute SCCTEXT and enhance it, generating bidirectional TEXT versions that permits to recreate the original binary file.

Advantages:
- It generates "PRG" style programas (no compilables), for visual comparison
- It enables the the change of the TEXT version as easy as modifying a PRG
- All the program code is in just one PRG, to simplify its copy and maintainability
- With TEXT versions you can regenerate the original binaries, so it is useful as backup
- The extensions are configurable if you create the FOXBIN2PRG.CFG file
- Methods and properties of TEXT version are alphabetically sorted for easy comparison
- It has compatibility with SCCTEXT at parameter level so can be used as sustitute with SourceSafe

Actually supports conversions between PJX,SCX,VCX,FRX,LBX,DBC and DBF files, for which it generates
TEXT versions with extension PJ2,SC2,VC2,FR2,LB2,DC2 and DB2 that can be reconfigured to compatibilize
with SourceSafe.

Example of FOXBIN2PRG.CFG configuration file if need to change extensions

extension: SC2=SCA
extension: VC2=VCA
extension: PJ2=PJA
...

Using the "EXE" version: (useful for calling from 3rd.party programs)

FOXBIN2PRG.EXE "<path>\file.scx"		==> Generates the TEXT version sc2 extension
FOXBIN2PRG.EXE "<path>\file.sc2"		==> Regenerates the binary version with scx extension

Using the "PRG" version:

DO FOXBIN2PRG.PRG WITH "<path>\file.scx"		==> Generates the TEXT version sc2 extension
DO FOXBIN2PRG.PRG WITH "<path>\file.sc2"		==> Regenerates the binary version with scx extension

Using the "Object" version:

LOCAL loCnv AS c_foxbin2prg OF "FOXBIN2PRG.PRG"
loCnv = NEWOBJECT("c_foxbin2prg", "FOXBIN2PRG.PRG")
loCnv.Ejecutar( <params> )

Where <params> are:	(!=Required | ?=Optional) (@=Pass by reference | v=Pass by value), (IN/OUT)
c_InputFile	(v! IN ) Fullpath of the file to convert
cType_na	( ) Just for SCCTEXT.PRG compatibility, not used for now
cTextName_na	( ) Just for SCCTEXT.PRG compatibility, not used for now
lGenText_na	( ) Just for SCCTEXT.PRG compatibility, not used for now
cDontShowErrors	(v? IN )'1' for NOT showing errors with MESSAGEBOX
cDebug	(v? IN )'1' for debugging on the error point (just development mode)
cDontShowProgress	(v? IN )'1' for NOT showing the progress bar
cOriginalFileName	(v? IN ) For cases when inputFile is a temp name and you want the correct original name (for example: inside PJ2 files and headers)

Useful trick:
You can create a shortcut in the "SendTo" folder on your user Windows Profile, so you can "send"
the selected file (pjx,pj2,etc) to Foxbin2prg.exe, and make on-the-fly conversions.


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