Yep, they don't mess with each other at all unless you have VFPA take over your file extensions for .app files, etc.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 7:24 PM Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > You missed Eric's SWFox presentation. > You can have VFP 9 SP 2, VFP Advanced, and VFP Advanced 64bit running on > the same machine. Eric didn't say you needed to change anything. Here did > have both VFP 9 and Advanced running at the same time. > > Tracy > > > On November 21, 2019 5:09:27 PM EST, "Paul H. Tarver" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >This is going to seem like a stupid question I'm sure but is there a > >way to > >run VFPA (either 32 or 64 bit) in parallel with VFP9? > > > >I'd like to test, but I don't want to mess up my existing development > >environment. Some of the readme files seem to indicate the answer is > >no. > > > >Paul H. Tarver > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >Eric > >Selje > >Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2019 3:35 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: VFP Advanced (was Fwd: RE: Fatal error issuing CALCULATE > >command) > > > >The Microsoft of 20 years ago probably would have complained, but > >they're a > >different company now. Their take is basically "If you want to modify > >the > >copy of VFP that you paid for, go for it." > > > >VERSION() either returns 10, or not. Almost all of the changes he > >implemented can be turned off with settings for maximum backwards > >compatibility. > > > >On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 2:07 PM MB Software Solutions, LLC < > >[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 11/21/2019 2:54 PM, Eric Selje wrote: > >> > VFP 10 (or VFP Advanced) is a copy of your licensed copy of VFP9, > >with > >> some > >> > binary patches to fix bugs and add features. There's *also* a > >64-bit > >> > version. > >> > > >> > Yes, I use it every day, along with 1000's of others. My opinion is > >that > >> > there's no reason every VFP developer should not. > >> > > >> > Eric > >> > >> > >> I was surprised that M$ didn't send out a "cease and desist" or some > >> such action for it. Morally and ethically, there's nothing wrong > >with > >> it from what I can tell, but you recall the HUGE STINK they put up > >when > >> Whil Hentzen was going to show VFP running on WINE. I can't see the > >> harm in that either, for that matter. If that increases M$'s VFP > >sales, > >> GREAT! (Yes, that's laughable to say...cue the quote by BG about > >every > >> time VFP was sold, they lost $20,000 or something on SQL Server > >sales.) > >> > >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CAAwxvU=-fuc+xc9xw1t+tbebhpk9axhark88vt2zqeq_t7c...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
