Re: stop my dbase4 addiction

From: Jef Eekhoorn (jef.eekhoorn_n0_sp5m_at_pandora.be)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:36:28 GMT

Case closed.

I found an Access-specialist who will do a proposition to give a training to
me and 2 other people.
Klaar is kees. ( dutch )

"Jef Eekhoorn" <jef.eekhoorn_n0_sp5m@pandora.be> wrote in message
news:Phr3c.29196$bm.2155654@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> "Cindy Winegarden" <cindy.winegarden@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eFwSSteBEHA.892@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > In news: KEe3c.28364$eo7.2091129@phobos.telenet-ops.be,
> > Jef Eekhoorn <jef.eekhoorn_n0_sp5m@pandora.be> wrote:
> > > Today I still use dbase4,....
> > > My dbase4 is still running fine in my DOS-box on Windows XP home.
> >
> > > But I have to start to think to do the same in Access
> > > because I have to learn my collegues to do the same,
> > > and DBASE4 is outdated ( I agree ) ....
> >
> > > If any knows what I mean,
> > > and understands what I should learn or read
> > > or what other windows program I should use ?
> >
> > Hi Jef,
> >
> > Have you considered using Visual FoxPro? I haven't used Dbase4 but much,
> if
> > not all, of your code will run in VFP without changes.
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/
> >
> > --
> > Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
> > cindy.winegarden@mvps.org www.cindywinegarden.com
> >
>
> Hi Cindy thanks,
> But I think Visual FoxPro is an additional package that I could only run
on
> one (my) PC.
> For budget reason's I can't use it on the PC of a collegues or of
customers.
> So I 'm looking for a solution within the MS Office Professional suite.
>
> I can use everywhere DbaseIV because since 10 years I and all the
customers
> have dbaseIV
> since the early times of MS-DOS 5.0.
>
> Jef
>
>