Post by Gene WirchenkoOn Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:58:10 -0600, Zootal
:> I copied my FPW 2.6a installation to my newly assembled Windows 7
:> 64bit machine and foxprow.exe will not run. It says the version of
:> the file is not compatible with the version of Windows I'm running.
:> Am I going to have to downgrade the machine to XP Pro or is there a
:> workaround? The researches I did indicated that I wouldn't have
:> compatability problems running older software. Will it really not
:> run on a 64 bit OS?
:>
:>
:> Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net
:>
:I really will not run on a 64 bit OS.
:You can run it using VirtualBox - you will need a license for any
:copies of Windows you install with VirtualBox, or you can install
:linux and try running it via Wine. I've done this and it works, but
:has not been extensively tested.
:Disclaimer - I've not tried it with a 64 bit version of linux, so
:don't know if it would work or not. Under Slackware 12.2 32 bit, FPW
:runs.
:You might also run the app with VFP - Many/most FPW apps will run fine
:in VFP as-is with little or no rework necessary if you don't mind it
:looking a bit ugly.
:Microsoft crippled VirtualPC so that it won't run under non
:Pro/Ultimate versions of Windows 7, which really bites.
This is interesting, and I was wondering, haven't had the time yet to
install my applications on the 64bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine. I was
wondering if the VFP 9 would run the applications. They are FPW 2.6a
applications, tested and working in VFP in Windows XP Pro. I just
assumed they'd run in the 64 bit OS, but on second thought wasn't
sure. My concern in posting here was that I wasn't able to run FPW
2.6a, period. The biggest reason I'd like to do that is to make the
occasional modification to one of the FPW screens and run the screen
builder to produce the SPRs.
I haven't looked into VirtualBox yet or VirtualPC. I did have a look
at the VMWare site and registered and got a key for a free download
but I decided I probably don't want to mess with that.
Dan
Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net
VMWare is a pain in the butt to use and did not perform well. Remoting into a
VMWare box via slow connection is almost unusable. We quickly discarded it in
favor of VirtualBox. VirtualBox works very well, and I've found it to be more
stable than VirtualPC. Plus VirtualBox runs on all versions of Windows 7, as well
as linux. I have Win2000, WinXP, and linux installs for VirtualBox that I keep
handy for when I need to do something that my main OS won't let me do. I spent
quite a long time working from home via the Win2000 installation. I needed a VPN
connection and I didn't want to install it into my main OS.
I now install a lot of stuff into a Virtual OS when I don't want to risk messing
up my main OS - remember Win98? One bad install, and bye bye Windows, time for
yet another reinstall. I try to keep my main OS as clean as possible.
Nice thing about the VirtualBox installs is you can easily backup the virtual
hard drive, and restore it as needed.
It isn't the FPW application that doesn't run, it is FPW itself that won't run
under a 64 bit OS. My limited testing indicated that FPW apps run fine under
VFP9. There is some articles out there somewhere discussing some possible changes
you might have to make, such as fonts and code cleanup (VFP won't allow some
sloppy code that FPW did), but otherwise it is usually painless to run the app. I
have even run FoxPro DOS apps under VFP with great success.