Running old versions of FoxPro
There are still a few places using the early versions of FoxPro. Typically they've got
a special-purpose system that's running on an old PC because it's not compatible with
the latest versions of Windows. We used to keep an old Windows 2000 PC around so that
we could work on these early systems when they came along but we've now found an easier
solution.
![[Using an emulator to run FPW under Windows 7]](../media/images/fpw26virtual.png "FPW 2.6 running in Windows 7.")
We're using Oracle's VirtualBox software to run Windows 2000 in a virtual machine. This
software is free and has given us an easy way to maintain support for the older
versions of FoxPro. It's also letting us run an old copy of Access 2000 for the days when
we hit odd problems with the orignal format mdb databases under Access 2007.
VirtualBox can be downloaded from
http:www.virtualbox.org
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Database development, training, and support for Micosoft Access and FoxPro
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The textbox class in Visual FoxPro 9 has a new Autocomplete property.
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The FREAD and FWRITE functions are more flexible than STRTOFILE and FILETOSTR.
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Alvechurch Data have fifteen years experience with SME databases.
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Database training courses and workshops in Birmingham.
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