Is such a thing possible? I prefer 3.5, but
Failing such attempts I tried to gen a new 4.5, but
received Msg.: missing ODAPI01.DLL, LD01.DLL, ODAPIQ01.DLL.

can anyone help?

paradox dos 3.5 should not be used under ANY version of Windows.. in
general, paradox dos 4.02 has a feature called "compatible mode" that will
usually run your 3.5 app as-is after a simple conversion/upgrade process..
see the 3x-to-4x doc on my web site, and the 4xguide doc.. but one point is
important.. paradox dos 4.02 and 4.5 will run fine under any version of
windows except 2000..

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<albatross082834 (AT) peoplepc (DOT) com> wrote

albatross082834 (AT) peoplepc (DOT) com wrote:
You /definitely/ want to get a current copy of Paradox for Windows!

Quite bluntly, there are no advantages to what you seek to do, over what you
could very matter-o-factly do by purchasing a recent WordPerfect Office
suite.

The Paradox for Windows system has evolved "very, very well." So, it will
prove to be fully backward-compatible with what you are looking at now,
while being fully cognizant of Win32 environments.

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I disagree with nearly everything above.

Paradox for Windows and Paradox for DOS are NOT compatible - other than the
tables (likely). No forms, no reports, no libraries, no code are
transferable directly. It is nearly a character for character rewrite.
(some code is close enough to copy, but nothing in its entirety transferred
when I did this)

Moving from Paradox 3.5 to 4.02 or 4.5 maintains most code compatibility as
well as table - as Steve G. stated.

There are MANY advantages to what the OP is asking. But the end will
determine what his choices will mean.

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Tony McGuire

Tony


Reading carefuly you would have noticed Albatross did try to use Paradox
for Windows 4.5

<<Failing such attempts I tried to gen a new 4.5, but
received Msg.: missing ODAPI01.DLL, LD01.DLL, ODAPIQ01.DLL.

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and by the "missing file" message, my assumption is that he tried to copy it
to the machine, not install it..

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"Bertil Isberg" <bertil.isberg (AT) retlifmapsSCB (DOT) se> wrote