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By the way Al ...
If VB .Net and C# is the way of the future with it's runtime
in the OS, what do you think people would use for APPS that needs
to be enbedded on a PROM?
Mal
>>Hi All:
>>
>>Anyone know if it is possible to encode a VFP program
>>onto a chip (like for a set top box)?
>>
>>or
>>
>>Does the program have to be rewritten in C/C++ type of
>>language?
>
>You could do some research on MSDN looking for "embedded nt" or "embedded xp". My understanding is VFP won't run on current versions of WinCE.
>
>Bear in mind that VFP programs use a lot of resources. While an .EXE *may* be fairly small it needs a multi-MB runtime and lots of RAM. Systems like TiVo are basically general-purpose PCs with HD, RAM etc. and running Linux. I'm not sure the NT/XP embedded equivalent would benefit from putting VFP etc. on a PROM rather than on a HD. So:
>
>1. Might be possible but there could be better approaches.
>
>2. Depends entirely on the OS. Dig into the MS embedded OS offerings to see if they can support VFP.
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