Errors with FPD 2.6 and XP Professional

[mcalis]

I currently have an application that has worked in all operating environments including XP Home version. Now once installed in XP professional I am receiving many errors such as Operator Operand type mismatch.

The app is written in Foxpro 2.6 for Dos using the runtime file Foxdx260.esl

My question is are there issues specific to XP Pro and if so how can I fix them.

Thanks

 

[rgbean]

There is nothing different between XP Home and Pro that would affect FPD. Check your .PIF/.LNK settings and make sure they are the same. Also check for any CONFIG.FP differences. Finally, double check that your Foxdx260.esl hasn't been corrupted - either in the transfer or by a virus.

I've found that running FPD apps under XP (either version) is truly an iffy proposition - it's even a bit worse than under NT or 2000. Using a program like TameDOS (

http://www.tamedos.com/tame/tamehome.htm)

can make things much better.

Rick

 

[mcalis]

Thank you for the suggestions. It is a very strange situation. I have converted the app to XP home version about 10-15 times with no problem. I even reproduced the errors at a different location, it was installed on XP home and I had them copy it to an XP pro machine, they got the same errors as the other location. Could it be changing attributes of the files by copying it over a network to the XP pro machine? They seem to be correct.

Also what should I look for in the config.fp file?

Thanks for your help.

 

[rob444]

Try rebuilding the application on the XP pro machine, delete .FXP and other compiled parts first.

Rob.

 

[DSummZZZ]

It probably isn't changing attributes, but it could be changing file offsets. There have been issues on different file systems being used. FAT16, FAT32, NTFS....
Start with rob444's suggestion and rebuild on the Pro computer and see if that clears things up any.


-Dave S.-

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