One Linux Server - two filePro applications - Win & Linux filePro - Have a glass of WINE!

[Kenneth Brody]

On 12/20/2016 10:20 AM, Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list wrote:
> Is anyone out there running Windows filePro in a Linux Server on the WINE
> layer?
>
> Is it possible (before I even try it), to run Windows filePro and Linux
> filePro in a single Linux Server using WINE and have one server host two
> filePro applications?
>
> It seems possible for what I have read thus far but I figure I ask since
> none of the articles I've read were written by filePro users.
>
> Could this cause a problem with Licensing if the installation is at all
> possible?

Note that the filePro files are not 100% binary compatible between Windows 
and *nix, so you couldn't share a single application between both versions. 
At least, not without a bit of preparation.

While key/data/index/blob files are 100% compatible between all same-endian 
CPUs, other files (in particular, the map) are not.

So, you could put the Windows version of the files in on filePro directory 
tree, and the *nix in another, and then symlink the key/data/index/blob 
files.  You would, of course, need to make sure that any updates to screens, 
processing, etc., were make to both copies.  (With extra care for map changes.)

-- 
Kenneth Brody