conflict with foxprow and visual foxpro

[Pollock]

I have a client running a 16 bit foxprow for windows application and a visual foxpro 6.0 sp5 application on the same machine, and I was wondering if anybody has ever come across problems with the two conflicting with each other. The client is experience wierd word errors, problems with the foxprow getting divide by zero errors and not properly saving information. The vfp app was just installed in the last month.

 

[DSummZZZ]

See the posts in the other forum:

Conflict between VFP and FOXPROW
thread184-710431


-Dave S.-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[Pollock]

I have checked other posts, problem is not with patch for 16 bit, the computer has bizarre problems, ie problem printing, problem saving in word, problem posting in platinum accounting. But uninstalling 32 bit application the problems go away, the 32 bit app does not touch registry or any system files, it is completely self contained.

 

[DSummZZZ]

So you're saying that when the app is installed, even if it isn't being used, you still have problems until it is uninstalled?
On the other hand, there could be issues with temporary files, bad .DLLs, printer driver, ...
...problem printing... In all apps or just the FPW app?
...problem saving in word... Using automation or in general?
...platinum accounting... Again, in the platinum accounting app or ODBC using VFP/FPW?


-Dave S.-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[JRB-Bldr]

On all of my development machines I have installed FPD 2.6, FPW 2.6, VFP6, & VFP7 with no cross-"contamination" or operational interference.

Are the VFP and the FPW application running concurrently within any single workstation when the problems appear?

If not... Never mind.

If so... Are the problems present when only one of the FP's is operating?

Foxpro (visual or not) loves memory and will take all that it can when running an application. Two instances of Foxpro on a workstation would attempt to take even more. That sometimes leaves little remaining for other workstation operations resulting in a whole host of "quirky" problems.

If this client is like some offices I have seen the users are concurrently running 5 Excel spreadsheets, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Word and also one or more FP application(s). Somewhere along the line a limit is passed and problems abound.

That is not to say that a Foxpro application can not co-exist and run concurrently with other applications, but perhaps this is an instance where you are running out of memory or CPU resources.

Good Luck,


JRB-Bldr
VisionQuest Consulting
Business Analyst & CIO Consulting Services
CIOServices@yahoo.com

 

[Pollock]

Basically the printing issue seems to affect all programs. fp is getting errors even while the other program isn't running.The 32 bit vfp app has no and i repeat not ties to any windows systems, no odbc no dll's nothing but native vfp