Alan Bourke wrote: > Well, any app that is actually executing on your server which is running > a 32-bit Windows Server OS is a 32-bit or 16-bit application. 16-bit > applications run in an emulated DOS machine on 32-bit Windows. This > 16-bit mode is fairly transparent - you will see NTVDM.EXE running in > Task Manager and the 16-bit processes underneath it. You just run the > app like any other. > > Similarily, when running 64-bit Windows then your apps *that are > executing on the server* will either be 64-bit or 32-bit. 16-bit apps > fall off the end and don't run at all. 32-bit apps run in an emulated > 32-bit machine along the same lines as above. > > Having said all that, it's very unlikely that any VFP apps will be > executing on the server. The EXE might be there, the data might be > there, but if you are sitting running the app from an XP machine or > whatever then it's running on the OS of the machine you're on. In those > terms, it doesn't matter a damn what the server OS is. It could be Linux > with Samba file shares.
Very good to know...thanks! -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ 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.
