Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

On 22/12/2015 23:40, Paul Hill wrote: On 22 December 2015 at 16:37, AndyHC wrote: On 22/12/2015 15:09, Alan Bourke wrote: If I was in this boat I'd just obtain a copy from wherever. What do Microsoft care? It's either supported or it's not. Can't have it both ways guys.

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

On 23 December 2015 at 11:26, AndyHC wrote: > On 22/12/2015 23:40, Paul Hill wrote: >> >> On 22 December 2015 at 16:37, AndyHC wrote: >>> >>> On 22/12/2015 15:09, Alan Bourke wrote: If I was in this boat I'd just obtain a copy from wherever. What

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

On 22 December 2015 at 16:37, AndyHC wrote: > On 22/12/2015 15:09, Alan Bourke wrote: >> >> If I was in this boat I'd just obtain a copy from wherever. What do >> Microsoft care? It's either supported or it's not. Can't have it both >> ways guys. >> > +1 or if you want to be

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Paul Hill wrote: > > VFP 7-9 are available for download on MSDN. > I'm not sure what the cheapest MSDN package is. > Thanks! I'll look into that. --- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

If I was in this boat I'd just obtain a copy from wherever. What do Microsoft care? It's either supported or it's not. Can't have it both ways guys. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

On 22/12/2015 15:09, Alan Bourke wrote: If I was in this boat I'd just obtain a copy from wherever. What do Microsoft care? It's either supported or it's not. Can't have it both ways guys. +1 or if you want to be really scrupulous get a copy (e.g. msdn) and email ms telling them what you have

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Certainly, there's an abandonware (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware) issue. MS has officially ended whatever support they provided for VFP. They don't want the liability of supporting it, they want everyone to code in DotNet and move their apps to "the cloud." "Obtaining" the installer

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Ted, We bought it through volume licensing (a single copy), we don't have a physical DVD we just download it. I even downloaded it again this morning to make sure it was still available. Fred On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > Fred: > > Thanks for the

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Fred: Thanks for the lead. I don't think they have a Volume License, but it's something to look into. On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Fred Taylor wrote: > We got ours through the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center but that > was nearly 2 years ago now. > >

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Koen: Thanks for the suggestion. Mostly it seems to be "currently unavailable," although there's one place in California that's offering an open box, CD and serial number, for $600.00. They've got a 33% positive rating, out of 6 reviews :/ A December 14, 2014 review by (perhaps the same Original

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Ted, usually VFP is available on Amazon.com - though I havent looked for a copy recently. Regards, Koen 2015-12-21 16:02 GMT+01:00 Ted Roche : > Pro: the language is very stable. > There are *excellent* books, magazines and documentation available for > the product. > (Full

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Pro: the language is very stable. There are *excellent* books, magazines and documentation available for the product. (Full disclosure: I wrote some of them ;) Con: the vendor claims to "no longer support" the product Question: does anyone know where (or if?) a legitimately-licensed copy of

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

We got ours through the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center but that was nearly 2 years ago now. https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx Fred On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > Pro: the language is very stable. > There are

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Wes, " ... to HomeClick here to see the site" link isn't working. Thanks for your effort. Bill Quoting Wes Wilson : We are starting a website dedicated to this subject.  We want as much information (facts) and professional opinions as possible.  We will be

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Moma got run over by a reindeer. On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Dec 18, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Wes Wilson wrote: > > > Opinions about whether to stay with VFP or leave vary widely. There is > not a simple stay/leave answer. We will

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

On Dec 18, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Wes Wilson wrote: > Opinions about whether to stay with VFP or leave vary widely. There is not a > simple stay/leave answer. We will be publishing > www.visual-foxpro-end-of-life-conversions.com by the first of the year and > then widely

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Hi Bill, was quoted and unclickable ... http://erw1.myfreesites.net/ Gianni On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:13:43 +, billjarn...@h2officesolutions.com wrote: Wes, " ... to HomeClick here to see the site" link isn't working. Thanks for your effort. Bill Quoting Wes Wilson

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;-) On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Dec 18, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Wes Wilson wrote: > > > Opinions about whether to stay with VFP or leave vary widely. There is > not a simple stay/leave answer. We will be publishing >

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Thanks, Gianni Let me repeat mention of 2 possibilities for consideration 1. Open source VFP. In light of MS's new found interest and movement in this direction it would be consistent to add FoxPro to the list. Very importantly it would demonstrate support for the people who bought into

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Thanks for the link to your Site-in-Progress. http://erw1.myfreesites.net/ Here are some comments. 1. Is this a part of the ERW Programming site, or a standalone for VFP? It's not clear, and should be stated in the Home page. (The fact that it's called the

Re: Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

Note to ProFoxers: This was a direct email to Wes Wilson, with a Copy to ProFox. Sorry that didn’t come thru. Dan > On Dec 19, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Dan Covill wrote: > > Thanks for the link to your Site-in-Progress. http://erw1.myfreesites.net/ >

Need help with "Visual FoxPro: End-of-Life???"

We are starting a website dedicated to this subject.  We want as much information (facts) and professional opinions as possible.  We will be constantly adding to it as new information comes in.  The site domain name (not up yet) is www.visual-foxpro-end-of-life-conversions.com.  You can get to