For starters why not re-compile in VFP 9 and convert the backend to

Oracle/SQL Server/MySQL/etc. then see what they think. A small web app

could access the same data independently.

> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) <

> foxhelp@information-architecture.com> wrote:

>

>> Hey -- --

>>

>> A long-time client (25 years!) called me up last week. Looking to update an

>> application I first wrote in FoxBase+ Mac. It ran on Mac & DOS together,

>> then Windows. I haven't touched it since converting it to VFP -- a long

>> time ago -- maybe VPF 5 or 6 (Gosh I'm having a hard time remembering which

>> was the first really stable release). They love what I did for them. It has

>> run *so* long, trouble-free. I can't believe how long they have been using

>> it.

>>

>> They contacted me last week. Time for a rewrite. Naturally I'd like to do

>> it, and I certainly could use the business.

>>

>> Well, the company has grown up, now Oracle and MS-SQL are the standard data

>> stores. I haven't "done" MS-SQL since moving to open source stuff. I think

>> the last version I had was -- (oh, crap, I just looked it up) -- 2000. I've

>> already downloaded "2012 Express" and am looking to play a bit with it this

>> week.

>>

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