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FoxPro Application Maintenance

Session Number. FoxPro Application Maintenance. Ted Roche Blackstone Incorporated http://www.bstone.com. Who Am I?. Director of Development Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Co-Author Hacker’s Guide to VFP 6

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FoxPro Application Maintenance

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  1. Session Number FoxPro Application Maintenance Ted Roche Blackstone Incorporated http://www.bstone.com

  2. Who Am I? • Director of Development • Microsoft Certified Solution Developer,Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer • Co-Author Hacker’s Guide to VFP 6 • Microsoft Support MVP, 1994 – present

  3. Maintenance • Business Issues – Client’s and Consultant’s • Auditing an application • Tools to maintain application • Issues in maintenance • WTF code

  4. Business Issues • Cost-benefit, ROI, business case • Structuring a maintenance contract • Structuring a support contract • Slices of the pie

  5. Auditing an Application - 1 • Locate all source code • Sort “live” code from old/temp code • Process Project File or Directory • Count #lines of code, comments, files • DEMO

  6. Auditing an Application – 2 • Review documentation • ERD • User Manuals • Developer manuals, standards, notes

  7. Auditing an Application – 3 • Review code • Project structure, framework • Code structure • Commenting • Maintenance

  8. Tools to Maintain Application • Existing documentation, if any • FoxDoc / Documenting Wizard • Filer to find code references • Object Browser to document object model • Hacker’s Guide / Help File

  9. Issues in Maintenance • Working with older runtimes/older environments “Gee, it doesn’t do that here” • Hardware/OS updates not supported • USB Printer on a DOS application • WinMe locked at FILES=40

  10. WTF Code “Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights make a left.”

  11. Summary • Business model for maintenance • Audit unknown applications • Build tools to assist in maintenance • Anticipate challenges

  12. Thank you! Please remember to fill out your evaluation. Ted Roche Blackstone Incorporated http://www.bstone.com

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