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Running on a Linux server
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From
07/07/2009 17:01:36
Al Doman (Online)
M3 Enterprises Inc.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
 
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07/07/2009 16:05:42
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01410696
Message ID:
01410728
Views:
51
>Hi All,
>
>Will a stand-alone VFP app run on a Linux server?

No, it will not. You can, however, store its data files on a Linux server (if the server is running Samba) and run the app on Windows workstations that are networked to that server.

>And if so, are there any special settings or things to look out for?

My understanding is VFP data files "just work" with Samba 3.x.

Whil Hentzen wrote a book about using Linux as a file server:

http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/zcatalogsubject.htm#linux

(the Network Admins title)
Regards. Al

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