# CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

## What this is

ROAAUTO is a **Visual FoxPro 9** desktop application (Romanian-language) for auto-service /
car-dealer operations: devize (quotes/estimates), comenzi (work orders), facturare (invoicing).
It is one member of the larger "ROA" suite and shares the `COMUN\` framework with the other
ROA applications (ROAACNPRO, ROAGEST, etc.).

## Build, run, version control

- **Build/run requires the Visual FoxPro 9 IDE on Windows.** There is no command-line build.
  Open `roaauto.pjx` in the VFP IDE and use *Build > Build Executable* to produce `roaauto.exe`.
- **`.prg` files are source; `.fxp` are compiled, `.bak` are backups.** Edit the `.prg`. The
  `.scx/.sct` (forms), `.vcx/.vct` (class libraries), `.frx/.frt` (reports), and `.mnx/.mpr`
  (menus) are VFP binary/generated artifacts — **edit them in the VFP IDE, not by hand.**
- **Version control: git runs in parallel with the legacy SVN.** SVN (`.svn/`) remains the "live"
  source of truth for this project and especially for `COMUN/`, which stays a working copy
  synced manually to git — git does not replace it, just mirrors it for tooling (search, diffing,
  agent workflows). Don't run `svn` commands from here unless explicitly asked; `.gitignore`
  simply excludes `.svn/`.
  - **Repo principal** (rădăcina acestui folder): `git@gitea.romfast.ro:romfast/roaauto.git`.
  - **`COMUN/`** are propriul `.git`, separat de repo-ul principal (de aceea `COMUN/` e în
    `.gitignore`-ul de la rădăcină — nu e tracked de repo-ul principal). Origin-ul lui e
    **același pentru toate aplicațiile ROA**: `git@gitea.romfast.ro:romfast/comun.git` — repo
    partajat, populat inițial din ROAACNPRO. Nu face force-push peste el fără să verifici întâi
    diferențele față de `origin/main` (ar afecta toate proiectele ROA care îl folosesc).
- **`config.fpw`** sets the runtime environment. Don't enable SAFETY — the code relies on silent
  overwrite (see `EXCLUSIVE=OFF`/`SAFETY=OFF` conventions shared across ROA apps).
- The compiler error log is `roaauto.ERR`; the runtime log is `LOG.txt`.

## Searching code inside `.vcx`/`.scx` (binary) libraries

Most class/form code lives **inside binaries** (`.vcx`+`.vct`, `.scx`+`.sct`, …), not in `.prg`,
so plain grep can't read it cleanly. Convert to TEXT form first and grep the text:

```powershell
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File D:\ROA\UTIL\foxbin2prg\vcx2txt.ps1 `
  -Project D:\ROA\ROAAUTO\roaauto.pjx -ProjectRoot D:\ROA\ROAAUTO `
  -CacheRoot D:\ROA\UTIL\foxbin2prg\_textcache_roaauto
```

This is project-driven (reads `roaauto.pjx`, converts only the `.vcx`/`.scx` the project
actually uses) and writes to a **cache dedicated to this project**
(`D:\ROA\UTIL\foxbin2prg\_textcache_roaauto\`) — don't mix it with other ROA projects' caches
(e.g. `_textcache_roaacnpro`). Then `Grep` in that cache. Full guide: `docs/cautare_vcx_vct.md`.

## The COMUN shared framework

`COMUN/` is shared, framework-level code used by every ROA app — not specific to ROAAUTO. Treat
it as a vendored library: prefer app-specific changes in this repo's top-level `Programe/`,
`Clase/`, `Ferestre/`, `Rapoarte/`, `Meniuri/` directories, and only touch `COMUN/` when the fix
genuinely belongs to the shared framework (and remember it's versioned separately, shared with
every other ROA app).