>I've been approached to build a database that is to have links to GRAPHIC files on a Macintosh. The problem that I'm having is that we intend to use M$ SQL as a backend and I cannot find any documentation on ODBC drivers that will facilitate intergrating the MAC VFP with M$ SQL.
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>Also does anybody know if VFP 5.0 is available on a MAC. There is a system memory variable _MAC in VFP 5.0 but I'm not sure if this is just for backward compatibility purposes or what?
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>Has sombody used VFP on a MAC, if so is it any good? What are the issues to watch out for?
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>I understand that VFP 3.0b is available on a MAC. Is it the same as the PC version? Apparently
>the MAC stuff uses different version numbers from that of th PC.
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>Can anybody help???
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>Thanks
>
>John King
>tola@dbn.lia.net


The current (and probably last) version of VFP for the Mac is 3.0 which is "equivalent" to VFP 3.0 on the PC. They are mostly compatible, but there are problems with the different ways the PC and the Mac handle paths and data storage.

It only runs on PowerMacs, and you'll need the fastest you can lay hands on to run it effectively <g>

Obviously, funky stuff using Windows API calls or anything that goes outside VFP and interfaces directly with the OS will not work.

You will also need to watch the font names and sizes we had trouble with setting fonts using IIF(_MAC,"macfont","pcfont") but we found some that worked OK across the platforms.

Jen