Converting FoxPro 2.6 Reports

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You must convert FoxPro 2.6 reports (.frx files) to Visual FoxPro reports to access files in the Report Designer and to add Visual FoxPro functionality.

To convert a FoxPro 2.6 report

• From the File menu, choose Open, select Report, and then locate the report file you want to convert.

   – Or – 

• Use the MODIFY REPORT command.

  The Conversion Options dialog box appears.

The conversion process performs these steps:

• Adds a user field to the .frx file.
  
  
• Changes any Memo fields from ten bytes to four.
  
  
• Adds records to support the data environment of the report. FoxPro 2.6 environment records convert to data environment records.
  
  
• Sets the AutoOpenTables and AutoCloseTables properties of the Data Environment, and the Destroy event of the new report for backward compatibility with the ENVIRONMENT clause of the FoxPro 2.6 REPORT command.

  If the FoxPro 2.6 report was created without an ENVIRONMENT clause, the AutoOpenTables and AutoCloseTables properties of the converted report are set to false (.F.).

  If the FoxPro 2.6 report was created with an ENVIRONMENT clause, the AutoOpenTables and AutoCloseTables properties of the converted report are set to true (.T.). The Destroy event of the converted report contains the following code:

  THIS.OpenTables        && Opens all the tables
  THIS.Init                && Runs the Init code of the converted report's 
  && DataEnvironment 
  

After converting a report, Visual FoxPro opens the Report Designer so you can add Visual FoxPro functionality to the converted report. To ensure that your report converted as you intended, see Checking Converted FoxPro 2.6 Reports and Labels.