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Problem moving DOS program from Novell to Win2K server
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14/02/2003 19:07:54
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00753249
Message ID:
00754060
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>>My client has a DOS program we're currently converting to VFP7.
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>>Meanwhile, he's upgrading from a Novell server they've been running on, to a Windows 2000 Server.
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>>The program has been running from the Novell server on Win98 and WinME workstations without OS/server-related issues. FPD is 2.6, not 2.6a, but speed patches have been applied, etc. (Told him to get the 2.6a patch, too.)
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>>He has copied the directory of the old DOS program from Novell to Win2K using an XCOPY32 command. When he tries to run from the Win2K server on any workstation, he now gets an "Invalid EXE" message. Naturally he has tried recopying the files (two or three times).
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>>Besides just typing FoxProX in a DOS Window and double-clicking in Explorer, he has tried running from a shortcut with appropriate memory limitations (no EMS, 8192 XMS). He still gets the Invalid EXE message.
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>I don't believe there is any "speed patch" for FP DOS, it's for FPW only.
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>What are the user's privileges in the server folder where the app files live?
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>Can you install the app entirely on a local HD and see if it works? What is the workstation OS?

I'll ask about the priveleges.

The workstations are Win98 and WinMe (see original message).
Rich Addison, Micro Vane, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI
Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew.
- Charlie Papazian, The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing
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