Re: Vista support for legacy applications

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Just inserting my nose: I am also a techno-dinosaur, running dBASE on my computer without a glitch. I find strength and succor by posting on http://www.tek-tips.com/, and while I have no idea what vista you are viewing, I wish you luck as the big guys try to legislate away programs which work perfectly well.

Regards,

P D Sterling
Dallas TX


JS wrote:
I still have my 4.0 disks and never would have though it would run under XP. You a looking at an database application that goes back to 1992/93 time frame and even if there is an 'Official' position issued by Microsoft I would test the application under Vista. Have you tried posting to the Vista newsgroup (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)?

JS

"Maggie" <Maggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4A151F28-A23D-45F2-BA73-D18BB4D3B2C8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It is running under Windows XP Pro, SP2.

"JS" wrote:

What OS do you have Paradox running on currently?

JS (PA . . DOX)

"Maggie" <Maggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0863412C-B999-4D18-A8B8-3E7341233DFD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have wasted HOURS trying to find the answer to this question; hoping this
is the place.
I need to know if Vista will run DOS applications, specifically Paradox
for
DOS v. 4.0.

I am in the unfortunate position of having to support and maintain a large
amount of legacy code for PdoxDOS and it is not humanly possible to port
it
all to something modern (or at least less obsolete) by the time all new
computers start shipping with Vista preinstalled.




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