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How to Install and Run a VFP application in Linux
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From
18/03/2010 16:01:48
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
 
 
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18/03/2010 05:04:50
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01455297
Message ID:
01455574
Views:
74
>>A better option IMO would be to install a VM manager such as Sun's VirtualBox on Linux, then install a Windows OS on that, then run your VFP app on that virtualized Windows OS.
>
>Isn't wine supposed to be a breach of the EULA copyright or has that changed ? . The VM solution with installed Windows would be legal though.

So install an old W3.1 in a virtual box and that's it. It doesn't say "must be run ON", it says "WITH". Install it, and there you are, you're running VFP on a machine WITH Windows on it.

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