Re: Will a US 4D 2.3 database run on a non-US System 7 (Swiss)

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From: Mike Hennahane
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 17:47

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mr@bernina.ethz.ch (Marc Raths) writes:
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>when the floppy fails) I'd like to switch to a US 4D copy. As
>far as I know these are not copy protected.

the US 4d *is* copy protected, but in a different way; you will have
to initialize 4d the first time you use it with a serial number unique
to your network.

>BUT will it run under an international (specifically Swiss) System 7?

it should run, but this is illegal as far as i know. you will have to
use the international version or the swiss version of 4d if there is
one. 

>And will I have to rewrite the code when porting?

i don't think that you will have to rewrite any code to switch; the
big things to be careful of are the way that numbers and dates are
formatted. i should warn you again, though, that it is not legal to
use a US version of 4d outside of the US (as far as i know).

--mike

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