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Author 2003 Server and VFP 5.0?
ktl@rs-net.com

2005-05-02, 1:24 pm

Is there anyone that has try to get VFP 5.0 running on a 2003 Server?


Also I need help with an upgrade path.
We have some "black box" foxpro app here now running on older machines.
We are upgrading EVERYTHING to 3GHz Xeon running 2003 server. I need
to move the VFP 5.0 app to this server.

Does anyone know how far I can upgrade VFP from 5.0 WITHOUT having to
worry about code changes?

Thanks for your help.

Lee Mitchell

2005-05-02, 8:25 pm

Hi ktl:

I have not heard of any problems running VFP 5.0 on a Windows 2003 server.
However, VFP 5.0 is not longer supported by Microsoft, so it may or may not
work properly.

Have you considered moving to VFP 9.0? Visual FoxPro 9.0 does run on
Windows 2003 Server, and I don't think a conversion to VFP 9.0 is any more
difficult than a conversion to VFP 5.0.
The difficulty of a conversion depends on what the underlying code does.
Sometimes you are better off to simply rewrite the app in VFP 9.0 than to
struggle with a conversion and still have "old style" code.

I hope this helps.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Sincerely,
Microsoft FoxPro Technical Support
Lee Mitchell

*-- VFP9 HAS ARRIVED!! --*
Read about all the new features of VFP9 here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/

*--Purchase VFP 9.0 here:
http://www.microsoft.com/PRODUCTS/i...cid=54787e64-52
69-4500-8bf2-3f06689f4ab3&type=ovr

Keep an eye on the product lifecycle for Visual FoxPro here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=fh;[ln];lifeprodv
- VFP5 Mainstream Support retired June 30th, 2003
- VFP6 Mainstream Support retired Sept. 30th, 2003


>Is there anyone that has try to get VFP 5.0 running on a 2003 Server?



>Also I need help with an upgrade path.
>We have some "black box" foxpro app here now running on older machines.
> We are upgrading EVERYTHING to 3GHz Xeon running 2003 server. I need
>to move the VFP 5.0 app to this server.


>Does anyone know how far I can upgrade VFP from 5.0 WITHOUT having to
>worry about code changes?


>Thanks for your help.


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