Fox 2.5 new call to R&R for Windows

[nallen]

Let me start by saying I don't know much about Fox for Dos. I have a Fox for Dos 2.5 program that currently calls reports created in R&R Report Writer for DOS v.5. Fox uses a command something like 'Run/0 runtime rrunin 5' to do this. I need to convert to R&R Report Writer for Windows v.2 so the reports will print in Windows 2000 Professional. (They won't print now that the person upgraded from Win98 to 2000).

Anyway, my question is, do I need to change the Fox program to call the reports differently for R&R for Windows? I understand I don't have to convert the old R&R library to actually run the reports in the Windows version, but can I use the existing 'rrunin.dbf' or do I need to use the 'rrwrunin.dbf'? Do I need to use the RRWRUN.exe in any way?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[DSummZZZ]

Sounds more like you need to contact the vendor of R&R Report Writer, or find a forum on R&R to ask the question in.
The Fox part really wouldn't change, unless it's to run something differently for R&R, in which case it would still be an R&R question.


-Dave Summers-

Even more Fox stuff at:

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

 

[dbMark]

The Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 family is different from the Windows 98/98se/Me family. DOS programs often encounter issues when crossing that border.

Would XP be better than 2000? I only ask because XP allows you to create shortcuts or PIFs where you can set a compatibility mode to older Windows versions. Not guaranteed to work in this case, but it might be worth a test on an XP to see what happens.

Likely a modest "upgrade" to Windows Millennium might delay dealing with this problem. While I might think that Windows Millennium is better than Windows 98se, your user might not. But it would be like exchanging a 6 year-old car for one that's 5 years old. Not much of an improvement, I admit. And some day they'll have to upgrade anyway.