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Is VFP5.0 DBCS enabled?
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From
06/01/1997 21:33:59
Siu-Hung Lai
The Hong Kong University of Sci. & Tech.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
 
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06/01/1997 14:22:40
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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00016507
Message ID:
00016587
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>>Dear all,
>> I am developing a application for Chinese data using VFP3.0b under Win3.1. There is a lot of problem with this config. I want to upgrade to VFP5 but don't know if it supports DBCS.
>> Also which OS will be more suitable for VFP5? Win95 or Win NT4.0? I need peer to peer connection between two PCs and hardware config. is P100,32Mb,2G harddisk.
>>
>>TIA,
>>S.H.
>
>What is DBCS???
>VFP 5.0 will run on both Win95 & NT 4.0. Given a choice with your configuration, I'd go with NT.
>
>Craig

Thanks for your reply. DBCS = Double Byte Character Set. It is for handling some Asia language such as Chinese, Japanese.... VFP3.0 didn't support it. Then VFP3.0a is for DBCS and 3.0b is an international version. For VFP5.0, MS doesn't mention it.
I will do trial on NT.

Thanks again,
S.H.
Siu-hung Lai
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