Are you sure you can't run DP in a VMware XP window that runs inside Windows 7 64-bit? By the way, VMware offers a free VMware Player, so it won't cost any thing to try this, other than making sure you have a copy of XP to install in your VMware Player window.
On 7/21/2010 4:14 PM, Patrick Riley wrote: > DataPerfect runs in the 32-bit version of Windows 7 but _not_ in the > increasingly more common 64-bit version. Evoking DataPerfect > in the 64-bit version displays a message "/Please contact your > software vendor for a compatible version of this application/". > > To run DataPerfect on Windows 7: > > 1) Install the 32-bit version referenced above. > > 2) As suggested, run DataPerfect under DOSBox, which is a > free open source application available here: > http://www.dosbox.com/ > Be aware that you'll loose some of the screen and font size > controls you're likely use to. > > 3) Download the free virtual XP emulator for Windows 7 available > via a free download from the Microsoft web site. This requires > Windows 7 _Professional_, _Enterprise_ or _Ultimate_. It creates a fully > licensed virtual Windows XP Pro SP3 box inside of Windows 7. I > understand this virtual environment runs 32-bit applications but > would love to hear this confirmed from someone who's actually > used it. > > FYI ... DataPerfect will also not run in the 64-bit versions of > Windows XP or Windows Vista. > > As 64-bit operating use expands (it's the default on most store > computers), this issue is going to get bigger. A question for Lew; > is it possible to do no more than recompile DataPerfect using a > 64-bit version of Forth creating a DataPerfect version that will run > natively under 64-bit operating systems? > > Pat Riley _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
