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dBase IV on Windows XP

dBase IV on Windows XP
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:12:04 -050
Hi,

Is there anyway to imrpove the speed of a dBase IV application running under
Windows XP Pro SP2 ?

PC is a P4 running at 2.8 GHz and has 1 Gig of Ram and large HD.

Database files stored on Networked Drive

Thanks,

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Re: dBase IV on Windows XP
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:49:07 -040
In article <Jb6c4$FkIHA.960@news-server>, gwilks@thomsongroup.com 
says...
> Hi,
> 
> Is there anyway to imrpove the speed of a dBase IV application running
under Windows XP Pro SP2 ?
> 
> PC is a P4 running at 2.8 GHz and has 1 Gig of Ram and large HD.
> 
> Database files stored on Networked Drive
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Garry


Garry,

How big are your tables and what are you doing with them that you want 
to speed up. Generally, the DOS versions ran as fast if not faster than 
the Windows versions.

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Geoff Wass [dBVIPS]
Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Re: dBase IV on Windows XP
Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:38:23 -0400
In article <Jb6c4$FkIHA.960@news-server>, gwilks@thomsongroup.com 
says...
> Hi,
> 
> Is there anyway to imrpove the speed of a dBase IV application running
under Windows XP Pro SP2 ?
> 
> PC is a P4 running at 2.8 GHz and has 1 Gig of Ram and large HD.
> 
> Database files stored on Networked Drive

Like Geoff said, dBase IV usually flies on modern hardware, no matter 
what the OS.  IME, network speed is usually the most limiting factor.  
Also make sure you have appropriate indexes for any searching and 
sorting you do.


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