Likewise, I haven't experience VDos working slow on Win7-64bit. What about Windows 8? Would DP work at least like it does on Win7-64bit using VDos?
Malkie > Thanks Tim and Don. > > My experience difference then is that I have not run any large reports in a > long time, and I don't > recall that I've even exported and reloaded a large dataset since using vDos. > > Don > > On 23/07/2015 12:56 AM, Don Friedman wrote: > 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 Friedman > ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC > PRS Data Systems > 205 S Main Street > Pittsburgh, PA  15215 > 412-784-1600 - 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 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
