For variuos reasons the company didn't adapt/migrate their app, which, ironically, has been running even better under Windows XP (and 32-bit Win7) because the OS allowed new features like more reliable networking. If the project doesn't compile, come back here and we'll help you fix the errors that are keeping it from compiling, so you can finish this experiment. I support a company that has a very old, mission critical, FoxPro for DOS 2.6 (FPD) application. Chances are you'll think it's way too ugly to use. In that case, try running the EXE and see what the results look like. If the project compiles without error, you're way ahead of the game. Modify that main program and add this line near the top:ĥ) Click the Build button and choose BUILD EXE. Choose Visual Conversion to create a runnable application.Ĥ) When the conversion is done, find the main program (it'll be shown in bold). Windows rollback: On a computer that is running Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition, if you try to roll back your MDAC installation to an earlier version, the computer is left in a mixed state where your files are not all from the same version of MDAC. Since you appear to have all the source code, you can do a fairly easy test, as follows:Ġ) Make a copy of the entire development tree.Ģ) MODIFY PROJECT ?, then choose the project file that seems to represent your application.ģ) You'll be prompted to convert the application from FP2.x to VFP format. 820754 MDAC 2.6 or later should not be installed on SQL Server 7.0 clusters.
