xCase2VPM for xCase 8.2 Released
Version 1.99.237 of xCase2VPM for xCase 8.2 and VPME9 has been released. It is available here. The primary purpose of the release is compatibility with xCase8.2. Note that xCase8.1 reintroduces the multiple attributes browser, so if you are upgrading from earlier than that, see the directions below for making sure you have this valuable feature.
Other than compatibility with xCase8.2, this version introduces two important features:
The Append process at the end of an xCase2VPM run is much quicker, because where possible, the table will be copied back, rather than appended. In a few hundred table application, this can cut 10's of minutes off the processing time.
The ability to work around SQL Server's use of Allow Null is now built into the Create Remote DB process. This is important when you want compatibility with VFP-based applications, because it makes the data work just as it does with VFP. VPM takes care of the actual defaults, and whether the fields can be empty(); this eliminates views not working because of NULL FK's, etc. To make this work, run the Create Remote DB process with the settings shown below:
