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VFP app on Chrome book?
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18/04/2024 05:09:05
Al Doman (Online)
M3 Enterprises Inc.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Tablet PC
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01687876
Message ID:
01687892
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36
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Do you know if a VFP 9 app can run on a Chrome book?
>>
>>Chrome book uses ChromeOS -- so it can't run on it ... however you could use RDP and connect to a windows machine or windows VM and run it from there.
>
>The reason I asked is that a customer asked me if they can run my app on an iPad or Chrome Book. Just to be safe and not to get involved too much, I will tell him, No.
>Thank you.

Just to expand on Victor's post RDP and its competitors are good options which perform well. For the Windows back end/host(s) you can even set up cloud instances of Windows desktops or Remote Desktop Services (formerly Terminal Server).
Regards. Al

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