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Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible?

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David Carl #1 / 8	Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible? Does anyone know whether Fox or Microsoft have issued a statement about the year 2000 compatibility of Foxpro 2.0, 2.5 and 2.6 for Dos. I've looked at Microsoft's web site, but haven't seen any mention of older versions of Foxpro. I know that its possible to SET CENTURY ON to allow 4 digit years to be entered, but is anyone aware of any limitations. Thanks in advance for any information. P.S. if you could possibly e-mail a reply as well as responding to the NG I'd really appreciate it as I sometimes don't have have access to the newsgroup in time to catch the replies.
Sat, 14 Apr 2001 03:00:00 GMT

MBALL #2 / 8	Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible? Generally speaking, if you use SET CENTURY ON, you are fine. Certain functions, LUPDATE for example, aren't 100% reliable. Mike Ballai
Sun, 15 Apr 2001 03:00:00 GMT

<samil.. #3 / 8	Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible? I've had a consultant who is a Fox specialist pour through a FP 2.6 DOS app that I was recently given responsibility for. The only mods he found to make were to SET CENTURY ON and to widen the screen and report fields to accomodate dates that occupy an additional 2 character spaces. Until recently, MS _did_ have a FP 2.6 compliance statement that said just about the same thing. AFAIK the only possible exceptions cited were for foreign language date representations. On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:46:00 -0800 David Carle of wrote this re Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible?: Quote: >Does anyone know whether Fox or Microsoft have issued a statement about >the year 2000 compatibility of Foxpro 2.0, 2.5 and 2.6 for Dos. >I've looked at Microsoft's web site, but haven't seen any mention of >older versions of Foxpro. >I know that its possible to SET CENTURY ON to allow 4 digit years to be >entered, but is anyone aware of any limitations. Scott A. Miller
Mon, 16 Apr 2001 03:00:00 GMT

<samil.. #4 / 8	Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible? I've had a consultant who is a Fox specialist pour through a FP 2.6 DOS app that I was recently given responsibility for. The only mods he found to make were to SET CENTURY ON and to widen the screen and report fields to accomodate dates that occupy an additional 2 character spaces. Until recently, MS _did_ have a FP 2.6 compliance statement that said just about the same thing. AFAIK the only possible exceptions cited were for foreign language date representations. On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:46:00 -0800 David Carle of wrote this re Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible?: Quote: >Does anyone know whether Fox or Microsoft have issued a statement about >the year 2000 compatibility of Foxpro 2.0, 2.5 and 2.6 for Dos. >I've looked at Microsoft's web site, but haven't seen any mention of >older versions of Foxpro. >I know that its possible to SET CENTURY ON to allow 4 digit years to be >entered, but is anyone aware of any limitations. Scott A. Miller
Mon, 16 Apr 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Maureen Weiche #5 / 8	Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible? Hello David: If you go to http://www.microsoft.com/salesinfo/qa/qa6884.htm you will see: "Are there any problems with Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS with the year 2000?" " Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS stores the date with the full century, so there should not be any problems. The one exception to this is if you have SET CENTURY off and enter dates using only two digits for the year. That can cause problems since the assumed century is 19. If you want to use four year digits for the year and you have an interface to enter a date that only takes the two year digits and attempt to enter the year as 2020, you will not be able to." My company, Communication Horizons, has developer a software tool called Y2KFOX. It lets you specify a century rollover year for FoxPro applications, so that 2-digit years default to the correct century. It requires minimal or no recoding. If you would like to find out more, the url is http://www.y2kfox.com/y2kfox.htm. Truly, Maureen Weicher Maureen Weicher Communication Horizons http://www.netlib.com Quote: > Does anyone know whether Fox or Microsoft have issued a statement about > the year 2000 compatibility of Foxpro 2.0, 2.5 and 2.6 for Dos. > I've looked at Microsoft's web site, but haven't seen any mention of > older versions of Foxpro. > I know that its possible to SET CENTURY ON to allow 4 digit years to be > entered, but is anyone aware of any limitations. > Thanks in advance for any information. > P.S. if you could possibly e-mail a reply as well as responding to the NG > I'd really appreciate it as I sometimes don't have have access to the > newsgroup in time to catch the replies. --
Mon, 16 Apr 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Colin Macaule #6 / 8	Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible? You must also scan for the use of the LUPDATE() command as it is not Y2K compatible. Use FDATE() instead. Quote: >I've had a consultant who is a Fox specialist pour through a FP 2.6 DOS app >that I was recently given responsibility for. The only mods he found to >make were to SET CENTURY ON and to widen the screen and report fields to >accomodate dates that occupy an additional 2 character spaces. Until >recently, MS _did_ have a FP 2.6 compliance statement that said just about >the same thing. AFAIK the only possible exceptions cited were for foreign >language date representations. >On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:46:00 -0800 David Carle of wrote this re Foxpro >2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible?: >>Does anyone know whether Fox or Microsoft have issued a statement about >>the year 2000 compatibility of Foxpro 2.0, 2.5 and 2.6 for Dos. >>I've looked at Microsoft's web site, but haven't seen any mention of >>older versions of Foxpro. >>I know that its possible to SET CENTURY ON to allow 4 digit years to be >>entered, but is anyone aware of any limitations. >Scott A. Miller
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 03:00:00 GMT

<samil.. #7 / 8	Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible? Thanks, I'm aware of that, but no DBF contains a last update date and a scan of the programs and screens came up empty. On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 06:01:36 +1100 Colin Macauley of Melbourne PC User Group wrote this re Re: Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible?: Quote: >You must also scan for the use of the LUPDATE() command as it is not Y2K >compatible. Use FDATE() instead. Scott A. Miller
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 03:00:00 GMT

<samil.. #8 / 8	Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible? I've had a consultant who is a Fox specialist pour through a FP 2.6 DOS app that I was recently given responsibility for. The only mods he found to make were to SET CENTURY ON and to widen the screen and report fields to accomodate dates that occupy an additional 2 character spaces. Until recently, MS _did_ have a FP 2.6 compliance statement that said just about the same thing. AFAIK the only possible exceptions cited were for foreign language date representations. On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:46:00 -0800 David Carle of wrote this re Foxpro 2/2.5/2.6 (Dos) - Y2K compatible?: Quote: >Does anyone know whether Fox or Microsoft have issued a statement about >the year 2000 compatibility of Foxpro 2.0, 2.5 and 2.6 for Dos. >I've looked at Microsoft's web site, but haven't seen any mention of >older versions of Foxpro. >I know that its possible to SET CENTURY ON to allow 4 digit years to be >entered, but is anyone aware of any limitations. Scott A. Miller
Tue, 01 May 2001 03:00:00 GMT

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