I did consider using the 64-bit version of Visual FoxPro Advanced, but because of the nature of my work and even as much as I like VFPA, I haven't made the switch to VFPA for my distributed programs. The goal of this project was to see if I could use the tools I already had to make this work and minimize the changes I would have to make to integrate the functionality of DuckDB with my existing library.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll take a look at the FoxScript project. That does look interesting.

Paul H. Tarver

Tarver Program Consultants, Inc.

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Maybe you should take a look at https://foxscript.org/ , which makes VFP a real 64bit version.

FoxScript (aka "FoxDev Studio") is a 64-bit runtime (Electron/Node.js, x64 packages) for Visual FoxPro 9. It supports DECLARE ... DLLs for 64-bit libraries within the same process and has implemented the SQL pass-through functions (SQLCONNECT, SQLSTRINGCONNECT, SQLEXEC, etc.) (listed as “Runs” in Language Coverage).

In a 64-bit process, ODBC accesses the 64-bit ODBC Driver Manager, this allows 64-bit ODBC drivers to be loaded and used. (32-bit drivers require the existing 32-bit bridge approach, as with FLLs.)

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Von: Edward Leafe <ed@leafe.com>

Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Oktober 2026 00:27

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On Oct 19, 2026, at 16:36, paul@tpcqpc.com wrote:

>

> I tried to keep each part as short as I could while including sample

> code for you to review. There's even a download in Part 7 for a class

> Claude wrote which gives you access to the low-level Win32 APIs to

> create Named Pipes to a hidden shell process. Feel free to grab that

> and use it for you own work if you need it.

I’m surprised you didn’t ask Claude to help write a 32-bit ODBC driver for you! 😁

-- Ed Leafe

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