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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