Brendan - you have to screw around with VDOS's autoexec file to lead it to the directories you want. It takes some playing around to figure it out so keep a copy of the original for reference.
Don *Don FriedmanProfessionalRecords.Com LLCPRS Data Systems* *205 S Main StreetPittsburgh, PA 152151-800-PRS-FILE 412-784-1615 Fax* *412-400-3881 Cell/Text* On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Brendan Magill <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks to everyone for your very quick and informative responses. > > Following Don’s posting I downloaded VDOS and have installed this. Now > all I have to do is to work out how to get it to run DP, but that should be > easy enough. > > I only have one DP database which I need to run these days. This is an > application, the original of which I developed in 1986, which contains all > of my business information over the past thirty years. The thought of > trying to change that database to use anything other than DP is more than a > little daunting, so I’m definitely sticking with DP. I only run this > database on my own desktop as I’m a sole trader and have no employees, so > there are no networking issues. Also, I rarely print from the database so > anything I need to print I can always save to disk and then import into WP, > which is my favourite word processor. Call me old fashioned if you like, > but it’s worked for a long time. > > Yes Jacques, I’ve come across the Raspberry, though I’ve never used one > myself: I prefer to use a standard computer and fairly large screen. > Mostly this is because of my low vision, which is deteriorating even > further these days. The ZoomText magnification software which I use can > also speak screen text to me, so I’ve got all I need there. Changing to > using a different form of screen would be difficult and would require a > good deal of learning for me. > > Right, let’s get into that database so that I can once more access all the > records which are there. > > Thanks again to all. > > Cheers, > > Brendan. > > > -- > > BRENDAN MAGILL > Business, Employment & > Disability Consultancy > > 14 Barry Street > Worcester > WR1 1NR > England > > Phone(UK): 01905 28286 > Phone(International): +44 1905 28286 > > Fax(UK): 0870 127 7856 > Fax(International): +44 870 127 7856 > > Email: [email protected] > > Web: www.magill.co.uk > > UKSEABLE Project: www.ukseable.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > >
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