On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Lou Syracuse <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does VFP have any issues running in W7/64bit? I could always run it in a > VM (one of the advantages of Professional version, although I do have VMware > but would probably need to update to the latest version) > Any thoughts? Complaints? Snide remarks? Who can resist that invitation! 64-bit lets you use all 4 Gb of memory directly. With 32-bit, each OS is limited to 3Gb, but has it's own means of pretending to use more memory, using PAE or other stuff. It's better than the old LIMS Extended/Expanded memory games, but shouldn't be necessary. We're running VFP7 at one client site who's just updated to Win7/64 and haven't seen any problems. However, another client who's using some "legacy" 32-bit apps (Nuance's Omniform, among others, EOL'd at version 5) has had troubles using legacy 32-bit ODBC drivers (for MySQL). Installation and configuration of the 32-bit ODBC drivers is possible, but the access to the 32-bit interface took a few Google searches to find. So, VFP might be okay, and other apps could cause problems. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ 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.
