Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: FoxBASE+/Mac Vs. IBM Message-ID: <913@stech.UUCP> Date: 11 Feb 89 22:48:16 GMT References: Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass. Lines: 31 in article , dp22+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Bruce Pinkus) says: > > Hello again... > > I was wondering if anybody has used FoxBASE for both the Macintosh and > IBM and if they could tell me how difficult, if it is possible, it is to > convert an IBM FoxBASE application to the Macintosh.. I'm working on a > FoxBASE application for the IBM, but I'd really, really like to have it on > the MAC also.. Should I finish it on the IBM and port it over, or should I > simultaneously work on both? ANY Information on FoxBase would be really > appreciated. Thanks > > Dave Pinkus (dp22+@andrew.cmu.edu) It's not difficult at all. Assuming that you've used @ ..SAY etc. to paint your screens, the application will port with minor changes. Just be sure that IBM file paths (with \) are changed to Mac file paths (with :). It won't be a very Mac-like application (and won't thrill Mac users), but it will run. To make the Mac people happy, you've got to add Mac-like menus, Mac-like data entry screens, and Macintosh dialog boxes... Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: husc6!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************