Hey Matthew,
I'm one of the Advocates for VFP9 on Crossover Office (cxOffice) by
Codeweavers. cxOffice is a commercial wrapper for the WINE project that
makes it easier to install Windows software under Linux and the Mac.
Unfortunately VFP stopped working in cxOffice in version 4.2 but I keep
testing it when new versions come out.
I'd love to get VFP to work on Linux, even in emulation. However, I
think its time to look towards other development products on Linux such
as PHP, REALbasic, and {drum roll} Python/Dabo. M$ isn't going to help
VFP run on any other platform. It's sad that Foxpro used to run on DOS,
Windows, Unix and the Mac.
To Codeweavers credit, and the WINE team's credit, they're the ones that
did the hard work to get Access to run by emulating the Windows API.
Kevin Cully
CULLY Technologies, LLC
Sponsor of Fox Forward 2006!
http://foxforward.net
Matthew Jarvis wrote:
> So here's a question for ya...
>
> M$ makes a big stink about using VFP on a Linux platform, right?
>
> But Codeweaver is a company that does pretty much nothing but see to it
> that certain apps run on the Linux platform....
>
> For example, MS Access in various flavours is listed as a supported product:
>
> http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?letter=all
>
>
> If MS let's Access play with the other kids, why not VFP?
>
>
> Matthew S. Jarvis
> IT Manager
> Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs."
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>
>
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