Jos, Geert, Brian and others; I must apologize. You're right. You're right. You're right. I tested it again and indeed the ctrl keys F4, F7 and F8 which don't work with DosBox, work fine with vDos. I don't know why it didn't before. Thank you all for your response and assistance. You guys are the greatest and DP rocks!!
What about DP Shell with vDos? Also, is there a way to adjust the screen? What I find interesting is that by default the pathname is c:\dptest while the directory is not even there. Malkie > Hi Malkie > > What restrictions about panels and records? I have been testing it on a > system with perhaps 100 panels, millions of records, these are huge gigabyte > sized databases, with What's the "Test Drive". I just set it up to run it > to a Command prompt like running CMD. I will have to test out the > keystrokes more thoroughly but certainaly Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F4 etc work, but if > there is a problem, I would think Jos (or others since it is open source) > will work that out. > Oh oh oh, I know what you are talking about. The version of DP that Jos has > bundled up, to show it working is a very very old Test Drive version of > DataPerfect 2.3. Just use a normal late model version of DP like 2.6Y and > everything will be fine. > > Jos, perhaps you are better adding a late model Dataperfect program, you are > using a '63 Vee-Dub as your showroom model... > > Bye > Brian > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of barmag > Sent: Wednesday, 19 March 2014 9:45 AM > To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Is it time to abandon DP after 24 years? > > Jens said: > > I have not tried other command prompt systems than the integrated > > Command Prompt in Win XP. May be I should, especially, and I fear the > > day, when I have to move from outdated XP to a newer WIN platform. > > As long as you're with Win XP you're in good hands, but once your computer > goes down and you can't get any parts for XP, or if you want to upgrade - > good luck in finding something as good. > > > Gerard said: > > Klaus, Jens, and of course all others, I think there is a general > > misunderstanding of the use of vDos. vDos makes it possible to run DP > > under 64b. > > So why discuss this rebuilding your DP databases if DP still runs perfect? > > > > Running DP under vDos is very simple. Install setup.exe > > fromhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/vdos/ > > > > My autoexec.txt ( in c:\vDos ) looks like: > > This is what I said to Jos Schaars regarding vDos: > I tested it and was very much hoping it would be just what I needed. What I > liked about vDos is the large screen, unlike the tiny DosBox screen. > However, I have a few major issues with vDos. > > 1. Limited to creating databases with only 4 panels is a major problem, as > most of my databases have over 25. > 2. Limited to only 99 records is also no good since many panels have > thousands. > 3. In order to have larger databases it has to go through your Test Drive > and one has to be connected to a network? That's another no-no. > 4. And finally, the major concern I have with DP on Win7 64-bit is also not > solved with vDos, i.e. Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F4 and other Ctrl keys also do not work > with vDos. > > Unfortunately, the way it looks now, it doesn't seem to be very useful for > my huge databases and it seems that I will have to get another database > program. I wish I would know which would be as user friendly and neat and > easy to work with as DP. > > > Brian said: > > In an nutshell, you can go looking for lots of other database > > products, but I do not think you will find any delivering the goods > > like DP does. > > That's my 2 (thousand) cents worth. > > Where do I go from here if vDos is also not an option for 64-bit as I said > above? I need emergency solution. > Malkie > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
