Disable file caching on the local hard drive. Exclude your VFP application’s working folder from your Anti-Virus package’s real time protection… obviously you need to weigh the performance benefits against any potential security risk – if you think your Fox application is at risk that is.If you encounter poor performance then make the following checks:.Simply configure your drivers in the 32 bit version of ODBC management that can be found in c:\windows\SYSWOW64 – ODBCAD.EXE I think.If you’re using ODBC on a 64 bit instance of Windows 7 (or, heaven forbid, Vista) remember that the beautiful Fox cannot use 64 bit drivers.However I seem to have tapped a hitherto unknown passion for the “beautiful piece of foul” that FoxPro is.Īt the risk of breaking the narrative, the secret to successfully implementing your Visual FoxPro application on Windows 7 – 64 bit or otherwise – is as follows: I intended this post to be an informative guide to aid fellow Foxers in moving their soon-to-be-legacy (or should that be should-soon-be-legacy) systems to the 64 bit version of Windows 7. Regardless of popular opinion, fifteen and a half years ago my life was enriched by the beauteous legacy that is Visual FoxPro. Some would say that I actually became an IT professional, who later gained the opportunity to write computer programmes whilst others might say that I never took the opportunity to become a proper programmer – relying instead on a form of software development tool that is more akin to Lego than the cold-iron forge of “proper” programming languages. That is a statement that many who know me would dispute. Fifteen and a half years ago I became a professional computer programmer.
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