>Now (FINALLY) for the questions.
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>Is there something else I could have done to get the FPW2.6 application to run in XP?

I really don't know. Last FPW app I ran was at least 10 years ago.

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>I've come across the scoping problems you mentioned. I've also come across the increase in significant characters in a name problem. Given what I've mentioned (in probably excessive detail), what other kinds of problems might I run into?
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>Are there any problems know with compile the EXE and APP files on an NT machine and running them on a XP workstation?

I haven't encountered any. XP even was better than NT4 and 2000.

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>What settings should I be putting into my CONFIG file? Do I still need to worry about EDITWORK, SORTWORK, etc.?

You should always worry about them. However their default is startup directory, having exe locally and data remotely you might not worry.

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>How about memory configurations? I will not be allowed to touch anything on their workstations other than through CONFIG.FPW.

IMHO almost nothing needs to be in config.fpw. You might start with no config.fpw and create one as need arises.


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>If we move this to VFP 8.0 (and later 9.0) will there be any issues with backward compatibility that don't exist in VFP 6?

There are already backward compatibility issues from FPW to VFP6 and VFP6 to VFP8. Readme.htm in install dir gives a description of affected items. The most noticable one is SQL group by. If your existing SQLs with group by already logical you don't need to worry about it. ie:

select f1,f2,cnt(*) from myTable group by f1 && Not logical - f2 doesn't contribute to grouping
Older versions simply picks physically last entry for f2 per group. VFP8 errors.
Parameters cannot be separated by spaces (separator is comma).
Trying to remember how was the things in FPW but not very succesfull:) Give it a go.

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>Thanks for reading this through. I sincerely appreciate your help - and that of all the Foxperts (I can't remember where I first saw that term, but I like it) - in the UT community.
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>............Rich

Foxpert: Christof Lange:)

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