Using Foxpro on Macs and Windows

[GlenGodbold]

We've got an application (VFP6) which runs under Windows, and the client wants to make it available to some Mac users. Does any one have any experience of running apps from an NT server which is available to Mac users. Run a Windows box on the Mac?? Can we do it through ActiveDoc?? Do ActiveDocs run on Macs??

Any help/advice appreciated!

 

[TomasDill]

Hi!

There is a special version of VFP - VFP for Macs. Check the MS site. You can probably get a code of the VFP application and compile it under the VFP for Macs to create EXE (or application module) that will run under Macs.


Vlad Grynchyshyn
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[Scott24x7]

Glen,
The big dissapointment is that Microsoft dropped new versions of VFP after 3.0 for the Mac, and it is, at best buggy, and not very compatible with the 6.0 version, unless you have stayed in a 3.0 "style" for development. I would think you have a couple of options:

1) As you suggest, run on a mac in a "Windows" emulator, like SoftWindows. I don't have any personal experiences in AdctiveDoc, but I have run many applications in SoftWindows for Mac. The big downfall to this seems to be speed. Windows emulators under Mac are very slow, even on a good day.

2) If you have your application running on an NT Server, you could take the approach of turning your VFP6.0 app into a Web based application, using the NT server to provide pages to a browser, in which case you could then use/access the application via either Windows, Mac, or whatever you want, which is the real advantage to Browser based applications. Platforms, versions, and development tools then, really don't matter.

In any case, I don't think there is any great "Quick" fix to this problem. As Vlad suggests, you could build a version on the Mac in VFP 3.0, if you want to remain fully Client based.

Thanks,
-Scott

Please let me know if this has helped! s-)