OS stability when running filePro

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at bestweb.net
Mon Dec 10 10:22:25 PST 2007


Quoting Bob Rasmussen (Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:46:12 -0800 (PST)):

> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, GCC Consulting wrote:
>
>> It seems to me that it would make more sense to move to Windows PC's and use
>> the terminal emulation software programs available such as Anzio. There are
>> others on the list who could recommend other emulators.
>
> Not so! When you run a Windows version of filePro on the *client* machine,
> there is no need for, or place for, a terminal emulator. The filePro runs
> as a Windows console program; that is, it looks like a DOS application.

Perhaps he meant "keep filePro on a Unix server, and move the only clients
to Windows, using a terminal emulator"?  That way, filePro runs as it always
has, and the people using it can be "happy" in their Windows environment.
And, since filePro is still on a Unix box, all your scripts remain as-is.

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