Upgrading from DOS to R:BASE for Windows

Razzak Memon: Upgrading from R:BASE for DOS to R:BASE 7.6 or Turbo V-8 for Windows
§ Strategies and Easy Steps

Razzak demonstrated a real world conversion process for upgrading a database and application from R:BASE for DOS to the latest versions of R:BASE for Windows.

There is a recommended path to follow to convert a DOS application to current versions. Make sure that you begin the process with an environment that works. It is very important to be using at least R:BASE 6.5++ version 1.68 or later to do your conversion.

You should make absolutely sure that the various environment settings are ODBC compliant. This is especially true (but not necessarily limited to) the IDQUOTES, QUOTES and NULL settings.

Razzak then demonstrated a systematic process for converting an entire application from DOS up to the current versions of R:BASE for Windows. He concluded by showing how to make the final step to R:BASE eXtreme which requires a different set of rules but is quite easy to do.
The entire detailed system for upgrading databases and applications will be documented on the conference materials to be provided later.

Razzak’s final word was: GET OUT OF DOS!!. Further development is frozen.

If we’ve heard it once we’ve heard it a hundred times: “You will never regret staying current. The rest is history.”