SCO FoxBase binaries compatibility?
Hi, I'd like to change an old SCO UNIX 3.2 server by a GNU/Linux one. This server is running a FoxBase Application, but I haven't got the sources. I was thinking on running the FoxBase SCO binaries on Linux using iBCS, but at this moment I have not been able to make it work. Time ago I ran a SCO program succesfully using iBCS, I remember it was easy, just install de ibcs2 rpm and run the application. I've been searching on the web and I've found that some people recommend using the DOS version (with DOSEMU) for performance but I've read about some people that has use the SCO FoxBase with Linux, as long as I don't have the sources I think the only way I can use this program on Linux is using iBCS. Any idea? Thanks in advance, Manuel Martínez Valls
http://x2c.dtop.com/x2c-linux.htm will let you convert xbase to c. So does http://www.icewalk.com/softlib/app/app_00664.html You can run FoxPro for DOS under Linux in DOS emulation. SuSE used to have FlagShip on their CDs. (Now?) http://www.fship.com/demo_linux7.html FlagShip apparently has a Visual version coming soon. JLK On Wednesday 24 January 2001 16:03, Manuel Martínez Valls wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to change an old SCO UNIX 3.2 server by a GNU/Linux one. This server is running a FoxBase Application, but I haven't got the sources.
I was thinking on running the FoxBase SCO binaries on Linux using iBCS, but at this moment I have not been able to make it work.
Time ago I ran a SCO program succesfully using iBCS, I remember it was easy, just install de ibcs2 rpm and run the application.
I've been searching on the web and I've found that some people recommend using the DOS version (with DOSEMU) for performance but I've read about some people that has use the SCO FoxBase with Linux, as long as I don't have the sources I think the only way I can use this program on Linux is using iBCS.
Any idea?
Thanks in advance,
Manuel Martínez Valls
-- Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or proven wrong, by experiment. Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology were Popper's favorites- are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:30:10PM -0600, Jerry Kreps wrote:
http://x2c.dtop.com/x2c-linux.htm will let you convert xbase to c. So does http://www.icewalk.com/softlib/app/app_00664.html You can run FoxPro for DOS under Linux in DOS emulation. SuSE used to have FlagShip on their CDs. (Now?) http://www.fship.com/demo_linux7.html FlagShip apparently has a Visual version coming soon. JLK
This all is great. If only Manuel had sources for his FoxBase application. As I understand, he has just compiled files. The closest analogy might be .class and .java files in Java. He got only .class, in Java parlance, and no JRT to run it. I remember there were disassemblers, at least for FoxPro. Maybe it's possible to disassemble files, i.e. convert them into source form, and then use FlagShip to compile them on Linux platform? Just my 2c. -Kastus
On Wednesday 24 January 2001 16:03, Manuel Martinez Valls wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to change an old SCO UNIX 3.2 server by a GNU/Linux one. This server is running a FoxBase Application, but I haven't got the sources.
I was thinking on running the FoxBase SCO binaries on Linux using iBCS, but at this moment I have not been able to make it work.
Time ago I ran a SCO program succesfully using iBCS, I remember it was easy, just install de ibcs2 rpm and run the application.
I've been searching on the web and I've found that some people recommend using the DOS version (with DOSEMU) for performance but I've read about some people that has use the SCO FoxBase with Linux, as long as I don't have the sources I think the only way I can use this program on Linux is using iBCS.
Any idea?
Thanks in advance,
Manuel Martinez Valls
-- Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or proven wrong, by experiment. Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology were Popper's favorites- are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
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I hate to mention this, but he can use a decompiler on his binaries and recover a workable source code. Refox is a commerical product and there is another one, even better, out of China. JLK On Wednesday 24 January 2001 22:50, Konstantin Shchuka aka Kastus wrote:
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:30:10PM -0600, Jerry Kreps wrote:
http://x2c.dtop.com/x2c-linux.htm will let you convert xbase to c. So does http://www.icewalk.com/softlib/app/app_00664.html You can run FoxPro for DOS under Linux in DOS emulation. SuSE used to have FlagShip on their CDs. (Now?) http://www.fship.com/demo_linux7.html FlagShip apparently has a Visual version coming soon. JLK
This all is great. If only Manuel had sources for his FoxBase application. As I understand, he has just compiled files. The closest analogy might be .class and .java files in Java. He got only ..class, in Java parlance, and no JRT to run it.
I remember there were disassemblers, at least for FoxPro. Maybe it's possible to disassemble files, i.e. convert them into source form, and then use FlagShip to compile them on Linux platform?
Just my 2c.
-Kastus
On Wednesday 24 January 2001 16:03, Manuel Martinez Valls wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to change an old SCO UNIX 3.2 server by a GNU/Linux one. This server is running a FoxBase Application, but I haven't got the sources.
I was thinking on running the FoxBase SCO binaries on Linux using iBCS, but at this moment I have not been able to make it work.
Time ago I ran a SCO program succesfully using iBCS, I remember it was easy, just install de ibcs2 rpm and run the application.
I've been searching on the web and I've found that some people recommend using the DOS version (with DOSEMU) for performance but I've read about some people that has use the SCO FoxBase with Linux, as long as I don't have the sources I think the only way I can use this program on Linux is using iBCS.
Any idea?
Thanks in advance,
Manuel Martinez Valls
-- Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or proven wrong, by experiment. Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology were Popper's favorites- are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
-- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
-- Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or proven wrong, by experiment. Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology were Popper's favorites- are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
http://x2c.dtop.com/x2c-linux.htm will let you convert xbase to c. So does http://www.icewalk.com/softlib/app/app_00664.html You can run FoxPro for DOS under Linux in DOS emulation. SuSE used to have FlagShip on their CDs. (Now?) http://www.fship.com/demo_linux7.html FlagShip apparently has a Visual version coming soon. JLK
On Wednesday 24 January 2001 16:03, Manuel Martínez Valls wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to change an old SCO UNIX 3.2 server by a GNU/Linux one. This server is running a FoxBase Application, but I haven't got the sources.
I was thinking on running the FoxBase SCO binaries on Linux using iBCS, but at this moment I have not been able to make it work.
Time ago I ran a SCO program succesfully using iBCS, I remember it was easy, just install de ibcs2 rpm and run the application.
I've been searching on the web and I've found that some people recommend using the DOS version (with DOSEMU) for performance but I've read about some people that has use the SCO FoxBase with Linux, as long as I don't have the sources I think the only way I can use this program on Linux is using iBCS.
Any idea?
Thanks in advance,
Manuel Martínez Valls
-- Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or
That wont work , unless he has the source code to it , so he need a way to tun the binaries. At 10:30 PM 1/24/2001 -0600, Jerry Kreps wrote: proven wrong, by experiment.
Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology were Popper's favorites- are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
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Jerry Kreps -
Konstantin Shchuka aka Kastus -
Manuel Martínez Valls -
Samy Elashmawy