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Yes it's true! old foxpro 2.6 for windows applications are still alive and working great on windows 8 32-bit. However there is a problem on tablet pc: tapping does NOTHING in those old applications. I expected that touch screen tap would be same as mouse left-click but it's not. I've tried even older application (calc.exe from windows 3.1 !) and it works perfectly , tap on the screen works just like left-click on the mouse...?? Any suggestion please, solution maybe (other than telling me to use bluetooth mouse)? Thanks in advance. Best regards.
OK, no bluetooth mouse tip. How do you expect that current-day technology can be applied to software that was written over a decade ago? How about upgrading to a database of the 21st century? Access in its most recent three versions should work just fine with a touch screen. If you insist on using Foxpro 2.6, then use a desktop with XP. If you want to use a touch screen and show off in public, tapping away nonchalantly at crude, badly designed user interfaces, bite the bullet and use a current database. If you want to use Win 8 in the quiet of your office, just use a flipping mouse. – teylyn – 2013-05-09T07:54:06.353
thx for trying to help but it's not for showing off. it's for use in a warehouse and upgrading software to new platform would be too expensive , not in plans for next 2 years. it's shame there are so many emulators for old dos games tho, and no simple emulator that makes your touch screen behave like and old mouse – neretva_1966 – 2013-05-09T10:02:20.073
Now I've tried some other things: I installed teamviewer. My old application is on XP SP3 and I run it (via teamviewer) using my windows 8 tablet. Everything works great. So some emulation happened , I use touchscreen on my tablet and it works just like a mouse on that XP machine. I thought there could be some kind of emulation like that , just locally, on my tablet..?? Any help would be apreciated – neretva_1966 – 2013-05-09T10:46:18.023