FoxPro Help and Support - foxpro 2.5 in windows xp pro

Author

foxpro 2.5 in windows xp pro

exploreman

2005-12-29, 8:25 pm

I just had a server crash. We are still using a program written in fox with
foxpro2.5 as the database engine. I managed to export the foxpro25 directory
before the server went down. I can get the program to run in a dos window
but I can not remember how I had the shortcut set up to run from the desktop.
The directories are C:\foxpro25 and the working directory is C:\foxpro25\SBT
the prg file that I need to start is sbt7.prg or sbt7.fxp I have visual
foxpro 7 or 8 would have to look. I just have never gotten around to
recompiling the code for visual foxpro. Are there any new utilities
available for porting dos based code to windows based code? Can anyone help
with the shortcut so that I can work in a full screen window? Thanks,
By the way the original code was written by George Goley back in the 80's to
run under fox for xenix as a multiuser program before multi-user windows was
released.
exploreman

Lee Mitchell

2005-12-29, 8:25 pm

Hi exploreman:

I don't know if this will help, but I can start FPD 2.6 in full screen with
a shortcut in Windows XP Pro. I point to FoxPro.exe. In the shortcut
properties, I mark "Full-screen" in the Screen tab.

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/gp/lifeselectindex
- VFP5 Mainstream Support retired June 30th, 2003
- VFP6 Mainstream Support retired Sept. 30th, 2003

>I just had a server crash. We are still using a program written in fox
with
>foxpro2.5 as the database engine. I managed to export the foxpro25
directory
>before the server went down. I can get the program to run in a dos window
>but I can not remember how I had the shortcut set up to run from the
desktop.
> The directories are C:\foxpro25 and the working directory is
C:\foxpro25\SBT[colo
r=darkred]
>the prg file that I need to start is sbt7.prg or sbt7.fxp I have visual
>foxpro 7 or 8 would have to look. I just have never gotten around to
>recompiling the code for visual foxpro. Are there any new utilities
>available for porting dos based code to windows based code? Can anyone[/color]
help
>with the shortcut so that I can work in a full screen window? Thanks,
>By the way the original code was written by George Goley back in the 80's
to
>run under fox for xenix as a multiuser program before multi-user windows
was
>released.
>exploreman

Paul

2005-12-30, 7:24 am

exploreman wrote:
> I just had a server crash. We are still using a program written in fox with
> foxpro2.5 as the database engine. I managed to export the foxpro25 directory
> before the server went down. I can get the program to run in a dos window
> but I can not remember how I had the shortcut set up to run from the desktop.
> The directories are C:\foxpro25 and the working directory is C:\foxpro25\SBT
> the prg file that I need to start is sbt7.prg or sbt7.fxp I have visual
> foxpro 7 or 8 would have to look. I just have never gotten around to
> recompiling the code for visual foxpro. Are there any new utilities
> available for porting dos based code to windows based code?

Fox for DOS code should run OK under VFP, but don't expect it to look
pretty!

--
Paul

Alan Sheffield

2006-01-03, 11:24 am

your command sould be something similar to this:
FOXPROX.EXE -t sbt7

if you have it you'd want to use the foxpro runtime exe not the full EXE.
Its been a while but I think the name saw somethign like foxrun.exe or
foxrunx.exe. Check the c:\foxpro25 folder and see what exe's you have.

Alan
a92rttt at hotmail.com

"exploreman" < exploreman@discussio
ns.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E4248CF0-CD13-4066-8C72- A294E1F5E349@microso
ft.com...
>I just had a server crash. We are still using a program written in fox
>with
> foxpro2.5 as the database engine. I managed to export the foxpro25
> directory
> before the server went down. I can get the program to run in a dos window
> but I can not remember how I had the shortcut set up to run from the
> desktop.
> The directories are C:\foxpro25 and the working directory is
> C:\foxpro25\SBT
> the prg file that I need to start is sbt7.prg or sbt7.fxp I have visual
> foxpro 7 or 8 would have to look. I just have never gotten around to
> recompiling the code for visual foxpro. Are there any new utilities
> available for porting dos based code to windows based code? Can anyone
> help
> with the shortcut so that I can work in a full screen window? Thanks,
> By the way the original code was written by George Goley back in the 80's
> to
> run under fox for xenix as a multiuser program before multi-user windows
> was
> released.
> exploreman
>

R.K.Softwares

2006-01-05, 3:24 am

Hi exploreman

To convert DOS window to full screen, locate _DEFAULT.PIF file in Windows
directory. Change its property to Full Screen and save it.

Now create shortcut for your program something like
foxprox -t sbt7.prg as said earlier. Now start the program.

Click on leftmost corner of DOS window and go to properties. In layout tab,
change screen buffer size and windows size to 80, 25.

Regards,
Chandresh
"exploreman" < exploreman@discussio
ns.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E4248CF0-CD13-4066-8C72- A294E1F5E349@microso
ft.com...
>I just had a server crash. We are still using a program written in fox
>with
> foxpro2.5 as the database engine. I managed to export the foxpro25
> directory
> before the server went down. I can get the program to run in a dos window
> but I can not remember how I had the shortcut set up to run from the
> desktop.
> The directories are C:\foxpro25 and the working directory is
> C:\foxpro25\SBT
> the prg file that I need to start is sbt7.prg or sbt7.fxp I have visual
> foxpro 7 or 8 would have to look. I just have never gotten around to
> recompiling the code for visual foxpro. Are there any new utilities
> available for porting dos based code to windows based code? Can anyone
> help
> with the shortcut so that I can work in a full screen window? Thanks,
> By the way the original code was written by George Goley back in the 80's
> to
> run under fox for xenix as a multiuser program before multi-user windows
> was
> released.
> exploreman

Sponsored Links