Windows7 Compatible for filePro

[Rkreiss@verizon.net]]

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I am presently running fp on my new Thinkpad running Win7.

The speed is execellent and so far all of my programming runs fine.

I need to test printing as I normally print to file and use Printwizard to convert the file to a pdf and then display it.  Saves a lot of money on paper.

As for licensing, I agree that there needs to be a better way to do this.  I think that there should be a way to write an app, at least for Windos that could get the drive serial # and enter it in the license file.  Then move the file to fp/lib under the proper name.

The only partial solution to the license problem would be to get the drive serial # as part of the sale.  Send it to Fp and then download the license.  As part of your install routine, advise to customer where to point FP's license.

Not a grewat solution but one that might work allowing updgrading to 5.6.

As for printers, you are right, more and more low price printers are not FP compatable.  RTF is not a solution.

Where my client's picked printers without first checking with me, I have resorted to using Printwizard.  Solves the problem without too much effort on my part.

I would love to see something like the printer functions of printwizard built into Fp.  Could be wreport.exe which would print using the current printer config file but translate the output prior to printing without having to set up pfpostprint and an outside app.

In other words license the print engine from Printwizard and combine it with *report to allow Fp to print to dumb windows printers.

As MS moves further away from the XP core, FP  will have more problems. 

I still would love to see a 64bit version of FP.

Richard Kreiss

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Palmquist <nlp at vss3.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:40 AM
To: filePro Mailing List <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Subject: Windows7 Compatible for filePro

Guys,

I am wondering if anyone would suggest that filePro 5.6 is Windows 7 
compatible.  I can certainly install it and make it work on my Windows7 
computer.  I had to license it to the Drive ID, but it works.

My hesitation is in the area of printing.  I am seeing a real disconnect 
with the ability to print from filePro to the new printers available for 
new machines with Win7.

The newer printers seem to have PCL6 instead of PCL5.

If filepro would provide, out of the box, a proper way to handle 
printing on Windows, I think I would feel better about suggesting that 
my software - built under filepro - is windows 7 compatible.

Also, I have no good way to provide an installation CD for my MOS 
software that will properly install both the filePro runtime and my 
application.  I am still hung up on that licensing requirement that they 
download a file, instead of an interface that allows them to enter an 
activation code on the screen.  My customers are stuck on 5.0 for this 
application, because there is no way I can distribute an application and 
have the end user get a license file, supply a license file on a 
"diskette?" .

So to tell Microsoft that I have tested my application and it is Windows 
7 compatible has left me cold.  I don't think filePro has the features 
that would meet that level of functionality on Windows7.

BTW, I have been using Win7 since Jan and have found it nice.  I have 
even stopped turning around to use my Unix keyboard and have left 
AnzioWin sessions open in Win7.  It works great like that.  I have 
almost all the tools I need.  I still have to connect a USB faxmodem for 
faxing, but that was not urgent.

Nancy


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