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Creator and Project Manager: Fernando D. Bozzo

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

Demo video:

See YouTube demo video of FoxBin2Prg used with PlasticSCM

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
• Productivity: 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 the vbs scripts attached, and make on-the-fly conversions

FoxBin2Prg can be used in two ways:

EXE version:
Have all inside, you just want foxbin2prg.exe and foxbin2prg.cfg

PRG version:
You need various files: foxbin2prg.prg, all the props*.txt files, foxbin2prg.h and foxbin2prg.cfg

Note:
All mentioned files need to be in the same folder. You can't use just the PRG without the rest of the mentioned files.


Actually supports conversions between PJX,SCX,VCX,FRX,LBX,DBC,DBF and MNX files, for which it generates TEXT versions with extension PJ2,SC2,VC2,FR2,LB2,DC2,DB2 and MN2, and can be reconfigured to compatibilize with SCCAPI (just tested 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
FOXBIN2PRG.EXE "<path>\proj.pjx" "*"	==> Regenerates the TEXT files for all the files in the PJX
FOXBIN2PRG.EXE "<path>\proj.pj2" "*"	==> Regenerates the BINARY files for all the files in the PJ2

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
DO FOXBIN2PRG.PRG WITH "<path>\proj.pjx", "*"	==> Regenerates the TEXT files for all the files in the PJX
DO FOXBIN2PRG.PRG WITH "<path>\proj.pj2", "*"	==> Regenerates the BINARY files for all the files in the PJ2

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) (@=by reference | v=by value), (IN/OUT)
c_InputFile	(v! IN ) Fullpath of the file to convert
cType	(v? IN ) For SCCTEXT.PRG compatibility, indicates the file type (d=DBC, D=DBF, K=Form, B=Label, M=Menu, R=Report, V=Class)
cTextName	(v? IN ) For SCCTEXT.PRG compatibility, name of the Text version of the file
lGenText	(v? IN ) For SCCTEXT.PRG compatibility, .T.=Generate Text, .F.=Generate Binary
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)
cRecompile	(v? IN ) If a Path is provided, the binary is recompiled from it. If called from SCCAPI, it's True, else it's False
cNoTimestamps	(v? IN )'1' for clearing Timestamps on text and binaries. Useful for minimizing differences on Diff and Merge operations ("1" is the default value starting from v1.19.9)

Note: Please read the README.txt and FoxBin2Prg.cfg files for more technical info.

More information:

FoxBin2Prg Internals and Configuration
FoxBin2Prg Full Change History


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