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The "Component Builder" that ships with Visual dBASE 5.7 can be used to convert screens and reports, however you will need to manually reproduce your menus.

Creating a sample menu in Visual dBASE 5.7

Click the “Forms” icon in the Navigator. Four untitled icons will appear in the window to the right. “Right-click” the icons to locate the one called “New menu”. Double-click (left mouse button) the "New Menu" icon to open the menu designer.

The menu designer in dBASE Plus has not changed much from the one used in Visual dBASE 5.7. For additional help, see “Creating Menus and Toolbars”.

The menu designer will have two windows open, "Untitled - Menu Designer", which is the design surface, and "Untitled - Inspector". If the Inspector does not appear, select it from the View menu. The Inspector is used to set or change properties, and other aspects, of the menu being designed.

Click on the design surface window and an entrybox with a pulsating cursor will appear:

Type the word “File”, for the first menu option, and press the down arrow key to get a “Sub menu” entrybox. Sub menus appear beneath the main menu heading and offer it's associated options.

Type "Add New Data” and press the down arrow key.

Type "Edit Data" and press the down arrow key again.

For the final sub-menu option, add an "Exit" option preceded by a separator. In the Inspector, click the separator property and use the drop-down list to change it's value from .F. to .T. Click on the design surface. Press the down arrow key, and type "Exit". The "File" menu options is now complete.

To add a second main menu option, move the cursor back up to "File" and press the tab key. Type the word "Reports", and press the down arrow key. Continue in this fashion, adding menu options for “Print List” and “Print Labels”.

Save the menu and exit the designer. The easiest way to save the menu is by pressing Ctrl+W (Save and Exit) simultaneously. You could also use Ctrl+S to save the menu, and then close the window with the 'X' in the titlebar. When asked for a filename, call this "Address". If you look in the Navigator you should now see "Address.mnu" listed.