I've had some success running an old Clipper DOS app in DOSBox. Might be worth looking into as it's more integrated into the OS and won't require a XP license.
This wasn't in a production environment, I just needed to restore a backup that used a proprietry format. On 24 February 2014 18:26, Mike Copeland <m...@ggisoft.com> wrote: > I'm setting up all clients on Win 7 Pro and then installing the Windows > Virtual PC and Windows XP SP3 in that, with my FoxDos 2.6 running very > happily in the WinXP virtual computer. It even works on multi-core CPUs > (which regular WinXP on a multi-core CPU would not without some tweaking.) > > Mike Copeland > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: End of XP support: what impact on FoxPro/VFP > From: Wes Wilson <erwweswil...@yahoo.com> > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Date: 2/24/2014 12:00 PM >> >> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/end-support-help >> >> Microsoft is ending all support for XP on April 14, 2014. There will be >> no more security updates which is the biggest single immediate issue for >> current users. There are some experts who believe that it will not be more >> than a few days before all XP systems are seriously exposed. >> >> I would like to know how this will affect current users of the various >> versions on FoxPro/Visual FoxPro. >> >> 1. I know that Fox 2.6 and earlier will not run on Windows 7 and 8. >> 2. Are there any version of VFP that will not run? >> >> Are any of you planning on advising your current customers of this >> development? If so, what will you be recommending? >> >> Thanks >> Wes >> >> >> >> >> >> Wes Wilson, President >> ERW Custom Programming, Inc. >> Crescent Lake Plaza >> 5459 Elizabeth Lake Rd. >> Waterford, MI 48327 >> (248) 683-4182 >> http://www.erw.com/ >> >> weswil...@erw.com >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >> multipart/alternative >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> text/html >> --- >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadwx0+kzkk8zmsvvlc5s_uutq77wkvgvgqgcgaxznli1x6g...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
