Running Foxpro 2.5 exe in Win XP

[Reggie1977]

I am trying to run a Foxpro 2.5 Dos exe in Win Xp. This works fine in Win 2000. When I run it, I just get a black screen for a few seconds and it disappears. I have set the FILES = 150 and BUFFERS = 100 in config.nt. I can run the exe through Foxpro using the DO command. Anyone know how I can resolve this?

 

[DSummZZZ]

What happens if you run the app from a command window rather than Explorer? Does it tell you anything?
Do have required permissions to all the folders? Like temp and so on?


-Dave Summers-

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

 

[enigmahealth]

The desktop Icon shold be set to Win95 compatibility.

 

[dbMark]

Never use COMMAND.COM to open a DOS session. Use CMD.EXE instead. Not sure if this helps your problem, but older COMMAND.COM cannot see long file names.

 

[KLinC]

I use Foxpro 2.6 on Windows XP Pro and Windows XP Home. There is a bit of trouble getting acceptable screen size on XP Pro but not on XP Home.
I start my programs from a short cut on the desktop but have made sure that there is a copy of FOXPROX.EXE in the same folder as my "YOURNAME.PRG". Then in the Program field of the properties of the shortcut I have entered
"C:\Foxpro\'Yourfolder'\Foxprox.EXE -T 'Yourname'.PRG"
and in the target box
"C:\Foxpro\'Yourfolder'"
Hope this assists.
As anyone reading this will realise, I am not in any way an expert but the above works for me.
KLinC

 

[Nro]

Hello Reggie

Don't forget to check "Run in 256 colors" checkbox from the compatibility tab of the shortcut of your Apps.

Nro