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clipper *.prg to foxpro *.prg

i have around 220 files of around totally 130000bytes clipper *.prg files. can anyone change these source codes to foxpro/vb based prg files for some norminal amount
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I have done a plenty of Clipper development in past. I also have an reasonable amount of exposure to FoxPro as well.

To my understanding, there is a considerable amount of difference in the way issues are addressed in both languages. So, I would be surprised if there is any magic formula to convert this code.

I would be even more surprised if such a task can be done manually. The underlying structure is so different, in my opinion, it just cannot be converted. For example, how would you replace calls to Gather and Scatter. The biggest obstacle is there are STATEMENTS in FoxPro and most of decent Clipper code should be written in FUNCTIONS.

These are my strictly personal comments about the issues involved and should NOT be taken as an attempt to discourage you.

Incidently, have you already searched Internet for the tool?

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