Antique filePro (was Re: feature list for positive suggestions)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Fairlight (Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:44:00 -0500):

> >From inside the gravity well of a singularity, Kenneth Brody shouted:
> > Quoting Paul McNary (Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:53:05 -0600):
> > [...]
> > > I still have users on 4.1 because that feature set still works well.
> >
> > fpsupport just had a question today from someone who upgraded their
> > computer, and filePro 3.0 now fails when it scans drive A:.
>
> I saw the 4.1 message and almost posted.  Now I see a 3.0 reference and
> just have to ask:  I thought 4.5 was the de facto y2k fix--so how are
> these people getting by on versions that don't correct for it?

They just don't use 2-digit-year dates, including the system date fields.
(Or, they can use 2-digit-year dates for their own data, but filePro will
treat them as "19xx".)  filePro's 4-digit-year dates have always worked.

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