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VFP9 on an Apple Mac?
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15/02/2010 11:09:05
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Vista
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01449177
Message ID:
01449187
Views:
97
>>One of my customers has decided that don't like Windows any more.
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>>They've stated they wanted to move to an Apple Mac, but want to carry on running my application which is written VFP9.
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>>Help! Since VFP9 is a Microsoft product that runs on a Microsoft platform, how the hell is it going to run on a Mac?
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>>1) I've been told you can run Microsoft Operating Systems on a Mac. presumebly getting it to dual boot?
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>>2) I've been told the're are PC Emulators out there? Would this run my beloved VFP?
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>>Feel a bit silly asking these questions, but can it be done?
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>>any help extremely appreciated
>
>I really don't want to bust your bubble and I hope that I'm wrong here but there seems to be something about the EULA making it impossible to have app made with Fox installed on a Mac.

It is not MAC here, but OS. If you run it on Windows you are OK with EULA no matter what computer you use :-)
BTW if the user buys full license of VFP (for every computer that would use the application) you are OK with EULA also :-)
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.
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