Subject Re: xbase commands From Bill S <bills@gra-inc.com> Date Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:14:53 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 12/12/2019 23:55, Bill S wrote: > > One more question. > > Will I have to recompile all my programs (assuming obviously I don't add any new code)? > > Yes.  From dBASE 9 onwards dBASE used a different Microsoft base class > and compiler.  These versions will not run under windows XP. > > You will need to delete all *.??o files EXCEPT *.ico which are icons and > not compiled dBASE files. > > Both dBASE Plus 2.8 and dBASE 2019 can be installed on the same computer > and, provided there is enough memory, can both run at the same time. > They can, however, not both use the same sourcecode concurrently. > > To test your existing code under dBASE 2019 it would be best to copy > your sourcecode to new folders. > > If you use any code from the dUFLP you will also need to create a second > folder for use with dBASE 2019.  If you run the dUFLP setup.prg from > dBASE 2019 in the new folder it will create the necessary sourcecode > alias and your own programs should then run without problems. > > Mervyn. > Yeah, that's what I thought -- but just for kicks I tried running a program without re-compiling, and it ran fine! Weird.