At 14:45 2016-05-11, Mike Copeland <[email protected]> wrote:
Mike,
I have the same situation, identical.
On my development workstation, Win7Pro, I have installed and set up
my FoxPro 2.0 DOS application with DOSBox .74 (noconsole) and it
works great. In fact, using DOSBox my FoxPro DOS app comes up
immediately and there are no intervening steps, no 2nd OS interface
to deal with.
The data files in my setup are actually on a machine in another
city, accessed via VPN over the Intertube, and DOSBox handles it
just fine (as a mapped drive.) So, yes, shared files in a
MANY-multi-user environment (~250). I have not used this setup
extensively with writing data...so it is possible that updating
(writing to) index files or data files might have issues although
I'm not sure why they would.
What I have NOT tried is printing from the DOSBox FoxPro DOS app. YMMV.
The standard distribution of DOSBox does not support printer
output. The Implementors state repeatedly and pointedly that DOSBox
is intended for games. Since very few games use printers, printer
support has not been implemented.
That stated, there are versions with printer support. I use
one (though not for FoxPro apps) called the DOSBox Magebuild. It is
available at http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/index.html and if you
need any help configuring it -- it was a bit of guesswork -- drop me a line.
I have used DOSBox for several years. It has limits that nip
at me occasionally and there is a screen refresh quirk that is
frustrating, but I do get to run my 16-bit utilities.
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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