>>>Applications built with Synergy/DE (DBL, OpenVMS Dibol) located on the LINUX OS are in need of a face lift! Intensive use of ISAM files provide the business solutions. These business solutions are aquired by text screen menus and are considered non-marketable. My ambition/goal here is to provide the efficentcy via GUI. Open ended time-line.
>>>
>>>I am required to -
>>>Become familier with the LINUX OS. OK - I can move around.
>>>Compile/Link/ and Run DBL apps. OK - simular to COBOL and C.
>>>
>>>(Now... let's see if I can formulate a question... thinking out loud)
>>>
>>>Can VFP be run on LINUX?
>>>Is a Third party software purchase required? Is it FoxTalk?
>>
>>FoxPro will not run natively under Linux, but you can host VMware Workstation under most versions of Linux. Once VMware is started on the Linux computer, you can install a licensed version of window as a Virual Machine. This would allow you to run FoxPro in a VMware Virtual machine hosted on the Linux computer. You could click between the Linux Desktop and the Windows Desktop. You could also cut and paste between the Windows Virtual Machine and the Linux Desktop, etc.
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>>http://www.vmware.com/overview/home.html
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>>regards,
>>
>>LelandJ
>>
>>>
>>>Being hard-core Fox, I believe the solution is FoxPro, am I wrong?
>>>Should the newer version of Synergex products be pursued? (Learn ADO/OLE DB)
>>>
>>>For order entry:
>>>Windows and Linux: Maybe a nice Grid or Entry-Screen/Grid combo written in VFP.
>>>
>>>For reports:
>>>If VFP could launch (start) the existing LINUX applications (dbr /home/edgar/test/sorprpt01), then the GUI menu (also running on LINUX) would only need to be updated for 'change of report selection' which could be handled in a graphical table.
>>>
>>>For Graphs or Grids:
>>>Using VFP, I would need to be able to read the created ISAM's whose definitions reside in the respected ddd text-like files. Seems feasible and expandable.
>>>
>>>Of course, if VFP could access the data directly thru SQL commands, rebuilding everything in VFP would be great, but I don't think the legacy-programmers would agree.
>>>
>>>I open this thread to all comments/suggestions/critizations (be kind).
>>>
>>>TIA