Y2KFOX-like patch for Paradox
Evan,
You might check my site for details on similar options for PDoxDOS. There
are separate options:
- Stop the "19" suppression (4-digit years everywhere)
- Change to "19" suppression" to "20" suppression,
- Set a Window (or Epoch), yielding a 100-year suppression window, for,
say, 1960 to 2059.
The "Epoch" option is the most popular - based on enquiries/demand...and
results in NO changes to forms, etc. Validation rules and "Picture" clauses
may need slight tweaking...where APPLICATIONS think that 2000 (or 00) is not
a valid year...
Re "Expensive"...dunno...check the site !. Probably "expensive", but also
maybe 100 times cheaper than ANY other Y2K approach, and maybe a loss-leader
for me <s>...ah, well......
- Mike (http://www.KennedySoftware.ie)
Quote:
> Does anyone know of a Y2KFOX-like patch available for Paradox 3.5?
> Y2KFOX is an (expensive) hack that sits between the user and a Foxpro
> application; given a pivot year, it determines whether two-digit dates
> fall in the 20th or 21st century. (Thus, after running "y2kfox /a50",
> the years 00-49 will be interpreted to be in the 2000s; years 50-99 will
> fall in the 1900s.
