Dan - all that is true. However, in my experience there are other functions that are terribly slow, so slow in fact that I keep other older machines around to run those routines. Of course, I'm talking about larger databases. Imports and the running of reports come to mind. I once measured the same report running under VDos and straight from DOS (mounted on a Vista machine) - my DOS report ran in about 20 minutes, under VDos it took almost two hours. I gave up trying to import large datasets under VDos for the same reason.
Otherwise, I really enjoy having VDos available to me and use it for functions that don't require speed - report writing, building panels, inquiries of a lookup nature and the like. It is solid as a rock as far as I can tell. Then again, I lead a relatively uncomplicated data life and never print from DP. Don *Don FriedmanProfessionalRecords.Com LLCPRS Data Systems* *205 S Main StreetPittsburgh, PA 15215412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE 412-784-1615 Fax* On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Don Codling <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't understand why you say vDos slows down DP, Tim. DP is greased > lightning for me running vDos on Win 7 - 64 bit. I don't think I've run any > really large reports since starting to work DP on vDos, but it loads > virtually instantly - less than a second, and switches from one to another > database even faster, if possible, opens pages faster than I can time it ... > > Don Codling > > > On 22/07/2015 6:48 PM, Tim Rude wrote: > > DP (and any other 16-bit DOS app) will not run natively under Win-7 > 64-bit. The 32-bit OS can run 16-bit apps. > > To run under 64-bit Windows you have to use a DOS emulator like VDOS. Or > you can run a virtual machine (using Virtual PC, VirtualBox, etc.) with a > compatible OS installed and run DP inside it. VDOS is simplest but does > slow DP down a bit. > > On 7/22/2015 10:30 AM, Jens Thorvald Høeg wrote: > > Dear ALL > There was just a related question. Sorry to ask what has already been > discussed I believe but > > 1) Can you run Dataperfect under WIN-7 64 bit (it runs under 32 bit of > course, I do that) > > 2) If so, what do you have to do? > > Best regards > > Jens using Dataperfect since 1989! > > > Jens T Høeg, dr,scient, ph.d. > *Always remember Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Majdanek and > Auschwitsch* > Marine Biology Section - Department of Biology > University of Copenhagen > Universitetsparken 4 - DK-2100 > Copenhagen DENMARK > +45 28751247 [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing > [email protected]http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing > [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 > >
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