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Comment by boredjohnny

4 days ago

Hi Neat! you mentioned you guys are already on a rewrite path. That is the proper way forward and I recommend gathering as much information about the product and edge cases as possible. Document every business rule, every product decision. Handwaving aside, audit the Foxscript source code, clone it to a virtual machine or container. Any issue you face, feel free to post an issue on Github as I would love a few edge cases on the wild. As the Foxscript runtime relies on 64 bit offsets for the DBF/Memo, once a DBF (past the 2GB) is opened they can't be migrated back to old VFP9, so I recommend to test this carefully on an airgaped setup with tests DBF.

Do you do consulting in this space? I'd be interested in having some discussions...

  • I run a small consulting shop with a family member. We are a little bit tight on time but I'm willing to help with whatever you guys are facing rn.

    • Would love to have a conversation. Drop me an email at rufugee@proton.me. Looking forward to it.