What is the add on I need to find for running my old car lot app on a semi modern machine? An old customer replaced a Win98 machine today.
thanks.
What is the add on I need to find for running my old car lot app on a semi modern machine?
VFP9 haha no but seriously.
Is it Windows 10?
What is the add on I need to find for running my old car lot app on a semi modern machine? An old customer replaced a Win98 machine today.
There are several... We use PrintFil for printing from DOS onto a Windows printer or into a PDF.
I used DOSBox before I believe.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Wollenhaupt, Christof < christof.wollenhaupt@foxpert.com> wrote:
What is the add on I need to find for running my old car lot app on a
semi
modern machine? An old customer replaced a Win98 machine today.
There are several... We use PrintFil for printing from DOS onto a Windows printer or into a PDF.
-- Christof
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Stephen Russell wrote:
What is the add on I need to find for running my old car lot app on a semi modern machine? An old customer replaced a Win98 machine today.
thanks.
If I understand correctly, I think you want vDOS. www.vdos.info
Highly recommended, simple to install and use.
Mike Copeland
That raises some interesting points.
If the new OS is a 32-bit version of 7 or 8 or 10 then the FP DOS application *will* run, but not fullscreen and you will need to redirect LPT1 to the printer somehow.
Alan Bourke wrote:
That raises some interesting points.
If the new OS is a 32-bit version of 7 or 8 or 10 then the FP DOS application *will* run, but not fullscreen and you will need to redirect LPT1 to the printer somehow.
For printing, I output to file and then let DOSPrinter auto-convert it to PDF, open in Acrobat. www.dosprinter.net
I've printed 2500+ page PDF files from a DOS Fox app using this process.
Mike Copeland
Check it out! The Foxpro for DOS demo running in your browser!
http://80.100.223.22/demo?appname=FoxPro
Wow! - I had forgotten just how much functionality there was in the DOS version.
On 28-Aug-17 5:24 PM, Alan Bourke wrote:
Check it out! The Foxpro for DOS demo running in your browser!
That brought back some memories :-) Never fully understood the Foundation Read though.
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631
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Wow! - I had forgotten just how much functionality there was in the DOS version.
On 28-Aug-17 5:24 PM, Alan Bourke wrote:
Check it out! The Foxpro for DOS demo running in your browser!
I am using that vDOS for my customer to run FPD on Win XP.
I am having a tough time overcoming the override of printing for LPT1. They supply a shareware app to do it but it brings up a standard windows print dialogue that never was there in the Win98 days.
Tonight I'll get the printer name and see if that can be passed in
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 6:58 AM, AndyHC andy@hawthorncottage.com wrote:
Wow! - I had forgotten just how much functionality there was in the DOS version.
On 28-Aug-17 5:24 PM, Alan Bourke wrote:
Check it out! The Foxpro for DOS demo running in your browser!
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Mike mike@ggisoft.com wrote:
If I understand correctly, I think you want vDOS. www.vdos.info
Highly recommended, simple to install and use.
Mike Copeland
Thanks, Mike! I hadn't see vDOS before. Gave it a runthrough and it looks promising.
Thanks Ted.
The 'trick' is to set it up as if it were a computer....using the config.txt and autoexec.txt files to design and control the system. Put it all in one folder with the FoxDos run and application APP files and it just works.
I licensed mine to get rid of the nag screen and the developer has been exceptionally helpful.
Mike
Ted Roche wrote:
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Mike mike@ggisoft.com wrote:
If I understand correctly, I think you want vDOS. www.vdos.info
Highly recommended, simple to install and use.
Mike Copeland
Thanks, Mike! I hadn't see vDOS before. Gave it a runthrough and it looks promising.
My first thought was to suggest using Oracle Virtual box to create a windows 98 or even a DOS virtual machine and run your application within the virtual machine. If your app will run in WinXP then you can create a virtual XP box and then use "net use" to capture your LPT1 port and map via the network to a usb device. You may have to use PrintFil to capture the port on the Windows98 virtual box to redirect the printer output.
I've had great luck keeping a couple of old btrieve database programs (MagicPC for those who might be interested) running on current machines doing similar installations.
Not pretty, but pretty cheap. And it works.
Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. Email: paul@tpcqpc.com
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What is the add on I need to find for running my old car lot app on a semi modern machine? An old customer replaced a Win98 machine today.
thanks.
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