| Quick picks: (Details below) | |
|---|---|
| INTL: | GOTCHAS.ZIP |
| VFP8: | MSGSVC8.ZIP for VFP 8 and beyond. |
| VFP: | SHARE.PRG LAYOUT.EXE MSGSVC.ZIP for VFP 7 and prior. GENMENUX 3.0a |
| FP 2.x: | GENSCRNX.ZIP, GXHLP.ZIP, TABS.ZIP |
GOTCHAS audits and reports all occurrences of many potential localization problems in your application. For example, the DEFINE PAD menu command has PROMPT, FONT, KEY, and MESSAGE clauses, all of which tend to be hard-coded. Gotchas will report the exact locations of all occurrences of this and several dozen other VFP commands and functions. Even if you don't use the INTL Toolkit, this utility will tell you where some of your international coding problems may lie. GOTCHAS.ZIP Version 1 (10k, April 11 1997)
Message Services for VFP 8 is now available in a Public Domain version. This version of MsgSvc has all the functionality of the one found in the INTL Toolkit except for the multilingual features. MSGSVC8.ZIP (Public Domain) Version 8.03 (363k, Aug 4 2004)
Message Services VFP 7 and Prior in a Public Domain version. This version of MsgSvc has all the functionality of the one found in the INTL Toolkit except for the multilingual features. MSGSVC.ZIP (Public Domain) Version 7.03 (56k, Aug 4 2004)
As shown at Devcon 98: SHARE.PRG (10kb) is a VFP5 and VFP6 class browser addin that extracts a class (and all its dependent classes) from a VCX jungle, and copies and repointers them in a single clean VCX for component sharing purposes. This version is dated May 9 1998 (Build 7).
LAYOUT.EXE (97k) is a tool to help you place controls with Win 95 standards in mind. This is still under construction but already it's the most useful builder I've used. Docs are forthcoming, and consider this betaware. This is a BUILDERB drag builder: Just drag the trowel icon onto the control you want to place and just hit the appropriate icon.
GENMENUX 3.0a is a GREAT menu generator wrapper available (139K).
GENSCRNX 2.0 by Ken Levy available here.
The TABS driver for GENSCRNX, TABS.ZIP Version 2.6a (139k, March 15 1995). This driver creates tabbed dialogs from standard screensets in FoxPro 2.x. Requires GENSCRNX version 2.
The GENX Help File for Windows, GXHLP.ZIP Version 2.05 (109k, March 5 1994). This documents GENSCRNX, GENMENUX, and the FoxPro 2.x meta data structures, all of which are immensely useful if you use FoxPro 2.x.