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Can Fox work on XP Professional
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20/12/2002 03:28:26
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00734421
Message ID:
00734799
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14
>Hello All
>
>I have a Foxpro 2.0 (Foxprol.exe version) application which I am trying to run on XP Professional. The application calls the same programs with different data, it does this by calling programs in a loop.
>
>When the programs get executed for around the third time the application locks up.
>
>The strange thing is that if I leave the computer for around 10 mins it looks like it starts again only to lock up again. The programs run fine standalone.
>
>I suspect it is a memory problem. Foxpro reports when I take the About Foxpro System option from within it.
>
> Total Memory 380,896
> EMS Memory 4,194,304
> First 64K of EMS Use : Standard Memory
> Dos Memory Available N/A
> Memory in Use 54,298
>
>I think I have done the obvious things like alterating the config files to files = 99 and buffers to say 40. And adjusting the PIF options to Auto for the memory settings as well as changing these to the highest settings.

In addition to memory settings also look at:

Re: Windows XP thinks my application has timed out... Thread #726627 Message #726816
Re: FoxPro 2.x Program freezes in Windows XP Thread #696851 Message #696974
Regards. Al

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