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

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2 total messages Started by Marc Raths Tue, 08 Sep 1992 16:47

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Author: Marc Raths
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 16:47

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Since I still have trouble with the copy protection scheme 4D chose
(insert floppy each and every day, floppy fails because of adverse conditions,
4D is on every backup, virus protection software balks at modified
programs, customer very unhappy because he can't start the machine
when the floppy fails) I'd like to switch to a US 4D copy. As
far as I know these are not copy protected.
BUT will it run under an international (specifically Swiss) System 7?
Since my customer doesn't know enough English the system software has
to be localized.
And will I have to rewrite the code when porting?

Thanks in advance

Marc Raths, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology  
Baechtoldstrasse 5           
CH-8044 Zurich, Switzerland  UUCP: mr@bernina.uucp (mcsun!chx400!bernina!mr)
Voice : +41-1-251 6824       Internet: mr@bernina.ethz.ch

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Marc Raths, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology  
Baechtoldstrasse 5           
CH-8044 Zurich, Switzerland  UUCP: mr@bernina.uucp (mcsun!chx400!bernina!mr)
Voice : +41-1-251 6824       Internet: mr@bernina.ethz.ch

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

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

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mr@bernina.ethz.ch (Marc Raths) writes:
[...]
>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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