That is awesome, Kurt! I am continually amazed at what it (AI, Claude,

etc.) can do. I do not write Visual FoxPro regularly, so I usually get a

request every 1-6 months, and I need to do a refresher each time. A couple

of years ago, when I tried to ask ChatGPT questions about FoxPro, I'd get

this crazy mashup of FoxPro and .NET. Now I usually get really good

results. I'm going to share my experiences at VFF in October, but I am

hoping to learn as much from everybody else too! -Jeff

On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM Eric Selje <Eric@saltydogllc.com> wrote:

> Kurt, I love reading this and also Ed's use of Claude to learn the new

> tools. Gotta keep those brains elastic!

>

> Eric

>

> On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM Kurt Wendt <kurthwendt@gmail.com> wrote:

>

> > As many of you know - I have been DEEPLY involved with using AI for

> Coding

> > Efforts - largely for conversions from FoxPro to C#. But, also - for some

> > FoxPro code updates - and even using Claude to help me solve code

> problems

> > - even at times data problems.

> >

> > Yes - it's been a while since I last posted...

> >

> > Yes - it's been INSANELY Quiet the last few months here on the ProFox

> > List...

> >

> > But, something fun occurred today - that I felt I really wanted to chat

> > here about!

> >

> > First - as you folks probably already know - the CEO of the co. where I

> > work - agreed to get an Annual Claude AI Subscrip for me and my Manager -

> > after I did the initial testing to prove how Claude could be Helpful.

> >

> > Since then - I have been plowing thru things with Claude...

> >

> > Then - a couple weeks ago - my manager sent an email to my programming

> > co-worker, as in, the CEO approved for him to get Claude. Although - at

> the

> > time - my co-worker was in Thailand on vacation. So - he got back

> mid-last

> > week, and saw the email. Then - like 2 days ago - he got his subscription

> > to Claude. I had some Serious chats with him - then also discussed a LOT

> > about how I work with Claude - what I feed him - to do the Screen

> > conversions. And, he started using Claude to finish the Dev work on a

> Very

> > complicated C# screen. He was Immediately getting BLOWN Away by what

> Claude

> > could do. And - yeah - he is using Claude Code & the Desktop App - so it

> > can Directly Read and Manipulate code.

> >

> > Well, today - I got back to work on this one screen conversion for Cust

> > Order Maint. I previously did the project prep work - Flattened the

> FoxPro

> > screen code - had Claude read it - find all the DBF's - update a FoxPro

> > program to open them all - then list out ALL DBF files to a status file -

> > DBF and each Index (List Status) - and all structures (yeah - separate

> > commands).

> >

> > And, I already gave Claude my documentation for the Vision Process -

> where

> > it can SEE what it produces via a C# screen - to understand the FoxPro

> > screen layout - and convert it into a Viable C# screen.

> >

> > So - based upon Everything I gave it - I said - here is the Flattened

> > FoxPro code for the screen. Produce the XAML code - and Bare min. C# code

> > behind - just enough so it can run! Claude did it. And, before I ran it

> for

> > the VERY First time - I brought up the actual FoxPro screen, via our

> system

> > - with an actual data record - and have that window on my 2nd screen. I

> > told my co-worker to come over - I wanted to show him something - I said

> -

> > Claude just created the screen with what I gave him - I am about to Run

> > that new screen!

> >

> > It worked - Screen layout was VERY Close to the FoxPro screen layout -

> > which was running on my second monitor. The new screen also has ALL our

> > Standard C# control Styles applied!

> >

> > He was BLOWN AWAY! He was like - WOW - that right there would have taken

> me

> > TWO Weeks to develop in C# - and, we are talking Just laying out the

> > Controls - NO Date wiring involved yet!

> >

> > So - Bottomline - it was SUPER FUN to watch his shock at what I showed

> > him!!!

> >

> > OK folks - Carry On...

> >

> > -Kurt

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