Well, don't know if I'm understanding well the "dropin" option you mention, but it is just the conversor component that replaces scctext.prg, and there are many ways you can use it, depending on what do you need or want to do:
1) You can drop binary or text files (scx, vcx, etc, or sc2, tx2, etc) into foxbin2prg.exe (just 1 by 1 file) => This is not too practical
2) You can make a "Send To" shortcut for foxbin2prg.exe (with some needed parameters), so you just right-click the file (binary or text) and "Send to" foxbin2prg.exe shortcut (just 1 by 1 file) => The easy way
3) You can run it from VFP command line with DO foxbin2prg.exe WITH <bin-or-text-file> (in this case you can use file mask like *.scx)
4) You can use foxbin2prg as an object and use the defined API for integrating it in your own tool => This is wat some devs used to make VFP-git integration (both git projects are referenced in VFPx)
5) You can do the previuos options with a directory, so all contained files are converted (foxbin2prg asks what convertion type you want to do)
So, as you see, there are many ways to use it, even in your own utility programs, and to ask your final question: Yes, the text-generation (PRG-like) is for easy comparisons AND for merging, because when you merge this files, you can regenerate the binaries.
2016-06-10 18:03 GMT+02:00 mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com:
No, that's not what I meant. I didn't mean to use it WITH VSS, I thought it was a dropin kind of replacement but in re-reading all this, it's not the DVCS system; it's just a way to make flat files (instead of binary files) for ease in comparisons....correct?
On 2016-06-09 15:42, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote:
Hi:
Yes, it is possible to use it with SourceSafe, but in this case you have the limitation on the SourceSafe side, because you can't work with branches like you do in git or any other DVCS system.
Look at the VFPx help in the link I've provided (at the bottom there are more links to the help) and you will find how to configure it for using with VSS (you have to change the FoxBin2Prg extensions from xx2 to xxa to make it VSS compatible.
Remember to configure foxbin2prg.EXE inside VFP Options, in the same place that it is scctext.prg now, and use the whole zip contents, not just the EXE, because it uses some other related tools (all VFP), like Filename_Caps.exe to adjust filename capitalizations.
Feel free to ask any doubt about it,
Best Regards.-
2016-06-09 21:37 GMT+02:00 mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com:
Is it possible to integrate into the VFP IDE like we used to do with
Visual SourceSafe, where everything was so easy to check out/in and diff?
On 2016-06-09 03:31, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote:
Hi everybody:
Just want you to know that there is a new version of this bidirectional bin<->text tool with some fixes and new features, like the import of DB2 data into DBFs and some new API methods:
https://vfpx.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=FoxBin2Prg https://vfpx.codeplex.com:443/wikipage?title=FoxBin2Prg
You can use it alone, or with any Source Control tool, Diff tools or text editors.
Best Regards!
Fernando D. Bozzo
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