I run VFP 9 on linux using Crossover Office. Install Crossover standard (The pro version has odbc issues). Install a win98 bottle (VFP will not install in a win2000 bottle - these are beta), install fonts, ie6, win installer, dot.net, etc. Copy the VFP CD to c:\vfp. Download & install soaptoolkit using the .exe (the included .msi files will not install). Go to ftp://ftp.prolib.de/public and download the proper runtime installer & install the runtimes. Now create an icon launcher with the command ***|/opt/cxoffice/bin/wine --cx-app vfp9.exe (if you used a .rpm or .deb)|*** If you used a Loki installer, use ***|/home/yourhomedirectory/cxoffice/bin/wine --cx-app vfp9.exe|*** VFP should start & run - you can even use the help system without modification. No need for vmware.
Pat > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > VFP under Crossover Office (was Re: [NF] For / Against Norton) > From: > Kevin Cully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:52:54 -0500 > To: > [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > > > Hey Gil, > > I've made a lot of attempts to run VFP 9 under Crossover Office. > > Side note: Crossover Office is a commercial wrapper around the WINE > foundation underpinnings. It basically makes it easier to install and > manage new software compared to WINE. > > The last version I could get VFP to run was 4.2 of Crossover Office. > After that time, something happened that prevented me from installing > VFP and/or copying VFP to that "bottle". Frustrating. Sometime I > should try VFP9 under the latest version. > > http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=1745 > > VMWare has worked well for running VFP in. Another VM company is coming > out with a product that allows a Windows application to run without the > Windows desktop showing, just like Parallels. I can't remember which > one or when it will be released. That's what we want anyway, right? > The application. We don't care about the Windows desktop. Just give us > VFP, or Quickbooks, or whatever. > > Heck, I've even been running a FP2.6 for DOS app under DOSEMU on Linux. > Fast as ever. Faster, perhaps. <g> It took me a couple of minutes to > find where they put the CONFIG.SYS file so I could bump the FILES from > 40 to 120 though. <bg> > > -Kevin > CULLY Technologies, LLC > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
