few questions on Paradox windows

[rocmisc]

I know paradox 4.5 for DOS like the back of my hand and have been programming in it for years. Now I suppose it is time to at least start learning paradox for windows so my questions are:

1. which version of paradox for windows would you start the learning curve on? A consideration here is the quality of the manuals/outside books available.
2. where do I buy it?
3. is the table creation, modification, queries, etc. much different than paradox DOS?

Many thanks
rocmisc

 

[TonyMcGuire]

Get the books from Paradox 7.

Get Paradox 9 and update to sp3 (NOT sp4).

Or Paradox 10 to latest sp.


Everything is completely different from PDOXDOS to PDOXWIN.

However, not difficult (items you mention).




Tony McGuire

http://www.thedbcommunity.com

"It's not about having enough time. It's about priorities.

 

[rocmisc]

thank you Tony. Do you know where can I buy the pdoxwin ver 7 books and the pdoxwin ver 9 program with the update? I might as well get started.

rocmisc

 

[TonyMcGuire]

Well, e-Bay is the most obvious answer.

Watch out, though, they'll skin you if they can.

The other site is

http://www.diamondsg.com

Steven Green usually has most older versions (back to pdoxDOS); I'd actually check his site, and e-mail him, before trying out e-Bay. He's likely to be more reasonably priced. And he is above reproach as a business person.

Tony McGuire

http://www.thedbcommunity.com

"It's not about having enough time. It's about priorities.

 

[Lewy]

rocmisc,

It's not too difficult upgrading from DOS to Windows as the data can be transported. Depending upon your programming skills the learning curve can be quite steep - well it was for me! As for books, there are several sights on the net that deal in secondhand books and I found it quite easy to find several books and manuals. However the best resource has to be this forum, the help i have been given over the years...I just can't thank everyone enough........thanks everyone.

Lewy