Any suggestions on source code control software? We are a small software company who develops vertical market solutions for a particular industry. At this time 2 - 4 programmers at most working on products.
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Oke, II Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 12:27 PM To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?
Source code control is a must no matter how many projects you are working on or how elaborate they are. While I guess that zip files could be used, I can't imagine the hassle that that would require.
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On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:02 PM, < mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:
On 2016-03-04 06:34, Ted Roche wrote:
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Dave Crozier DaveC@flexipol.co.uk wrote:
Also you can, of course, drag and drop from one project to another with no problems.. Something "obvious" which is often overlooked!!
You can, though I generally advise against it. There's a bug that pops up rarely where two projects, or two forms, or two class libraries open at the same time can get their memo fields hopelessly mangled or blanked. Your only resort at that point is to find backups.
My advice:
- Get your software in source code control, so you have at least one
source of backup. Hint: source code control is much easier than you think. ZIP files are NOT source code control.
- Use the file manager to make a new folder with the source you want
in your project.
Add a MAIN.PRG that points to the resources you need.
Create a new project by BUILD PROJECT FROM MAIN.PRG
If you have resources that aren't pulled in by #4, you need to
figure out how to make that happen. Hint: EXTERNAL is your friend. This is what the command is for.
Good to know...I'd never heard that before!
Thanks, --Mike
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