64 bit computing

[Grimwaldi]

I mainatain a bespoke sales system written in DOS 2.6. My company wishes to upgrade the server from Novell 4.x to MS server 2003 and powered by a 64bit duel Xeon chip. Will the 16 bit app break?

 

[rob444]

If running the 64 bit version -> YES, not if running the 32 bit version.

Rob.

 

[rob444]

Solution is to port the FPD 2.6 app to VFP6 or higer.

This is not too difficult when de screens are manually programmed, no screen generators.

Rob.

 

[Grimwaldi]

What do you do when screen generators were used?

 

[DSummZZZ]

Grimwaldi,

If the server is being used as a server - to share the fox tables or application, you shouldn't have any problems.
If you plan on running the app itself on the server, you may.


-Dave Summers-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[rob444]

If sreccn generators were being used the standard conversion tool doesn't do a very good job so you have to recreate those screens in forms used by the chosen VFP version.

Rob.

 

[alvechurchdata]

you have to recreate those screens in forms used by the chosen VFP version.

One (short-term) alternative is to ditch the scx/sct files of the Screen Designer and to just run the generated spr program file in VFP. It will look ghastly and maintenance is a nightmare but it will run and might give you some breathing space whilst you do the rewrite.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk