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- What does ‘end of life’ mean?
- What are the risks?
- What does this mean for me?
- Yes, but does it actually run??
- One small issue with Task Pane…
- Now, let’s run some code…
- I think we’re good folks!
- Does Windows 10 tư vấn FoxPro?
- How do I install Microsoft Visual FoxPro on Windows 10?
- What operating system is required for Visual FoxPro?
- How do I open FoxPro on Windows 10 64 bit?
What does ‘end of life’ mean?
When any software is developed it has an expected lifetime. For commercial organisations like Microsoft, they are continually releasing new software to take advantage of the improvements in new hardware to make our lives easier. They cannot tư vấn every version of their software indefinitely. Microsoft commits to supporting a particular version for a certain period of time. During this window, they will provide bug fixes, provide upgrades and otherwise generally tư vấn their product. Microsoft chose to stop developing Visual FoxPro to concentrate their resources on other products in their line. Visual FoxPro 9 (VFP9) was the last release and the extended tư vấn period ended in 2015. This means that Microsoft is under no obligation to provide bug fixes to the language. Nor do they need to ensure that Visual FoxPro applications continue running.
This doesn’t mean that your application is going to stop running overnight. It does mean that you need to start planning for your business and the future of your FoxPro application.
Visual FoxPro is built on 32-bit architecture. New hardware and software bought today are all using a 64-bit architecture. At the time of writing the latest release of Windows is Windows 10. Whilst it is a 64-bit operating system it has a 32-bit compatibility layer which old applications use to run. Visual FoxPro applications compiled using version 9 are known to generally work. This means you can extend the useful, working life of your software by compiling and updating your application to use VFP9.
In theory, this means you could continue to run your application until 2022 to 2025. Microsoft ends mainstream tư vấn for Windows 10 in 2022 and its extended programme in 2025.
What are the risks?
All is not roses. It is possible that a security update for Windows could cause your FoxPro application to break. In this scenario, to continue running your program you may have to open yourself up to other issues.
Whilst your FoxPro application may continue to run there are other factors to consider. If you need to change your application to meet the changing needs of your business it will become more expensive to maintain and tư vấn. The availability of skilled FoxPro developers is declining.
To maintain industry certification compliance you may have to migrate your application. If not, you might be able to risk running on unsupported hardware and operating systems. This is likely to hamstring your business in other ways though.
What does this mean for me?
Everyone’s situation is different so there is no one-size-fits-all solution. There are a variety of options available to you. Depending on your needs, timeline and budget constraints there are pros and cons to each.
There are three primary pathways to consider. Within each, there are several possibilities open to you according to your situation.
- Do nothing and stay with your existing FoxPro program.
- Migrate to an off-the-shelf solution which meets some percentage of your needs.
- Convert or otherwise update your custom program to a new language or platform. There are many pros and cons which will vary according to your business needs and growth plans.
Need help considering your options and coming up with a plan to meet your needs? We have been helping our clients with these issues for the last few years and have developed a service called FoxTrails to help. Fill in the form below and we’ll send you some more sensible advice on the subject.
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I’m sure many die-hard FoxPro developers are curious if Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP 2 will install and run on Windows 10. Well, I wanted to be one of the first to find out, just like I did back when Windows 8 was first released in its early preview.
So, let’s find out…
First, I installed Windows 10 Preview (64 bit) in a BootCamp partition on my 15” MacBook Pro. (Don’t worry about this Mac stuff, it’s still just Windows running on live hardware, just like if it were a Dell or HP computer). That went very smoothly, and I did a full install, blowing away the Windows 8 playground I had been using that partition, instead of updating it from Windows 8 to Windows 10.
Next, I gently inserted the Visual FoxPro 9 CD that I still have from circa 2004. First, it prompted me to install some “Prerequisites”, which it did with no problems. Next I moved on to the main VFP install, and I took all the defaults, then the CD spun around for a bit, and finally, it gave me a nice message screen stating “Setup is complete” and “There were no errors during setup.” Looking good so far!!
Next, I downloaded and installed Service Pack 2 for VFP 9, and once again, got this nice little affirming message box:
Finally, I “installed” the VFP 9 Hotfix 3 for SP2 (i.e. copied the replacement files to the correct places per the instructions in the readme file in the zip tải về).
We now have a promising Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 entry in the fancy new Windows 10 Start menu:
Yes, but does it actually run??
Now, I finally get to find out if we can run the fully patched Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2 Version 09.00.0000.7423 on Windows 10. So, I launch it from the Start menu, and quickly go the Help –> About screen:
One small issue with Task Pane…
If you launch VFP 9 it will initially show the the Task Pane, but you will get a small error in the view area of the Task Pane window. (Don’t worry, I’ll show you how to fix this below.)
Class definition MSXML2.DOMDOCUMENT.4.0 is not found.
The issue is that Task Pane requires MSXML 4.0 Core Services. If it’s not already installed on your Windows 10 machine, you will get this error reported in the Task Pane app from the VFP IDE.
However, this problem is easily fixed… You need to tải về the MSXML 4.0 Core package from: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/tải về/details.aspx?id=15697
Once, installed, now Task Pane will work properly:
Now, let’s run some code…
Okay, it says the right version number all, but we need run some FoxPro code to make sure this thing actually works… So, I just downloaded the Thor Tool Manager for FoxPro from vfpx.codeplex.com, and ran Thor.app to put VFP 9 on Windows 10 to its first test. Thor uses tons of well-architected FoxPro code to do it’s magic, along with some UI forms, and it makes use of our beloved FoxPro cursors, so I figured this would be a good test. I selected about 10 of my favorite VFPx tools from the Check For Updates form in Thor, and it nicely proceeded to tải về and install all the tools, and gave this confirming output for each one on the VFP desktop as it did its work:
I think we’re good folks!
Next, I ran a few of these tools, just to make sure they’d fire off, and they did. I’m pretty certain this point, that my business apps would work just fine here, if I took the time to finish out this developer setup.
So, I haven’t done any real coding work in the IDE, and I probably won’t any time soon, but from my basic tests in this experiment, it sure appears to me that our old friend Visual FoxPro is ready to continue its legacy of being an awesome development tool, even on Windows 10, and hopefully on Windows 20 and Windows 30 as well.
Finally, here’s a peak the whole IDE running in Windows 10. You can see I docked some windows, and you can see the shading effect that Windows 10 adds around the individual windows.
Does Windows 10 tư vấn FoxPro?
This application is provided for users of Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 & 10) no charge.How do I install Microsoft Visual FoxPro on Windows 10?
To tải về the FoxPro driver files.. After downloaded, extract the FPDriver thư mục to a location of your choosing.. Open the FPDriver thư mục and run Setup.exe.. If Windows prompts you for permission to run the file, click Yes or Run Anyway to continue.. The installation wizard will run. Click Next > Install > Finish..What operating system is required for Visual FoxPro?
Visual FoxPro 3.0, the first "Visual" version, reduced platform tư vấn to only Mac and Windows, and later versions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were Windows-only. ... Visual FoxPro..How do I open FoxPro on Windows 10 64 bit?
Steps:. Download VDOSPlus.. Download or Copy from your backup of FoxPro 2.6 installation files.. Install VDOSPlus.. Extract and copy the content to a directory of your choice to use with VDOSPlus. ... . Make sure the directory name is DOS friendly. ... . Open VDOSPlus.. Run the use command to mount the directory of your choice.. Tải thêm tài liệu liên quan đến nội dung bài viết Is Visual FoxPro compatible with Windows 10? Visual FoxPro 2022 Microsoft Visual FoxPro Visual FoxPro replacement Visual FoxPro examples
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