Converting VPM Standard Apps to Enterprise

How to Convert a VPM Standard Application/Project to VPM Enterprise

1. Create a New VPM Enterprise Project: You first must create a new VPM Enterprise project that uses the same 3-character project prefix as your VPM Standard Project. From the New Project dialog, be sure to open the New Project Directories dialog and change the project directories to be different than the directories you are using for the VPM Standard project.
2. Copy Files to the New VPM Enterprise Project: You must update the new VPM Enterprise project by copying files and data from your VPM Standard project to the new Enterprise project. The following files should be copied:
   • Your Files: The tables, databases, forms, programs and other files that you created in the VPM Standard Project.
   • System Tables: The following VPM Standard project system tables and related files (CDX and FPT): S<Prefix>DGK.DBF, S<Prefix>FCO.DBF, S<Prefix>FMNU.DBF, S<Prefix>SUSR.DBF, and S<Prefix>UMES.DBF.
   • Non-System Data: The non-system records from the following tables in the VPM Standard project: S<Prefix>DD0.DBF, S<Prefix>DD1.DBF, S<Prefix>DD2.DBF, S<Prefix>DIND.DBF, and S<Prefix>URPT.DBF. These tables in the new VPM Enterprise project already contain the correct records for the system databases, tables, fields, index tags, and reports. Therefore, the only records that should be added to these tables are the records pertaining to the databases, tables, fields, index tags, and reports that you created in the VPM Standard project.
3. Update Menus: Update the menus in the new VPM Enterprise project with the menu options that you added to your VPM Standard project.
4. Temporarily Rename VPMS Project Home Directory: Temporarily rename the home directory of the VPM Standard project. In the next step, you will have Visual FoxPro build the new VPM Enterprise project. By renaming the VPM Standard project's home directory, you will prevent VFP from pulling into the VPME Project Manager any files from the VPM Standard project directories.
5. Build Project: Build the new VPM Enterprise project through the VFP Project Manager in VPME. Select the Recompile All Files and Display Errors options before you build. This build should add to the VPME Project Manager most, if not all, of the files that should be in the Project Manager.
6. Manually Add Files to Project Manager: If any files in the VPME project were not added to the VFP Project Manager for the project, manually add the files.
7. Rename VPMS Project Home Directory: Don't forget to rename the VPM Standard project's home directory back to its name before step 4.