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FoxPro 2.0 DOS under NT?
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02/03/1999 07:03:00
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Troubleshooting
Miscellaneous
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00186971
Message ID:
00193069
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>>>>>Does anyone know if Fox 2.0 for DOS will run under Windows NT?
>>>>
>>>>I believe that the Standard Edition will run, but not the Extended Edition. There's information available in Microsoft's Knowledgebase on their Web page.
>>>
>>>I've run FoxPro 2.0 extended version on my NT 4.0 Workstation in a DOS window. Had no problems which appeared to be caused by NT. But just because I haven't seen it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist ... :)
>>>
>>>Rich.
>>
>>Thanks for the reply. I am also looking on the Microsoft web site but have not come across a place where they list older products' compatability with newer operating systems. If you know of a place, please let me know!
>>
>>Sally
>
>I never looked for information on "can it be done." I just ran it, and never got any errors. Have you tried to run it and gotten errors?
>
>Rich.

There's one problem I know with FoxPro 2.0 : on fast computers, you can get duplicate file names when you ask for a random name with the function .... (of which I forgot the name, think a SYS()-function). As a result of this (I think), when you edit e.g. some program code of a screen, you get errors, because FoxPro makes errors when creating temporary files for it's edit buffer.

This problem isn't specific for NT though.

We ran our old program in a DOS window in NT 4.0 without problems (we don't use any temporary files in our own programs).

Marc.
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