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03-08-2022, 04:45 AM
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This talk of possible difficulties moving OWiz to a new computer could add another layer of complexity for me.
I currently use a HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook which is quite old. It does what I need at the monent but it is getting slow now.
I was looking at getting a new one next year thinking I would be able to just use Owiz on the HP for now and transfer to the new laptop later.
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07-10-2022, 12:55 AM
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Oh wow, I need this! I'm downloading the demo - if I decide to get the full version is it the same size as the demo?
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07-10-2022, 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by FL_Orchid_Collector
Oh wow, I need this! I'm downloading the demo - if I decide to get the full version is it the same size as the demo?
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I didn't know that they had a separate demo version. If it's the regular download (10.8 GB or thereabouts) if you choose to buy it would be the same, you would not need to download again, but you'd get a license key to keep it working. (Otherwise it just stops working in 30 days). And I highly recommend it. If you buy now the price will include the next major release in September, and an update in December before they close up shop. Then, it will continue to work as long as Microsoft continues to support the underlying Access database, which I think will be for many years - it's a very stable platform. After the end of December, there won't be the updates of new hybrid registrations, but there are other places to get those. There is so much already in there (that won't change) it is very much worth it.
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07-10-2022, 08:06 AM
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FWIW, I read somewhere that they are in negotiations with the AOS, but neither party is to disclose anything until sometime in September.
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07-10-2022, 11:11 AM
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FWIW, I read somewhere that they are in negotiations with the AOS, but neither party is to disclose anything until sometime in September.
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That would be great if AOS doesn't break it...
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07-12-2022, 02:28 PM
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Oh wow that's amazing software. It does depend on some old libraries. I had to install .NET 4 and Jet 4 to get it running on WINE on Linux. You could install a linux vm and get it running that way if that doesn't work on Win 10+. I quit using Windows when they started updating the user interface without explanation or permission and trying to push everyone into a MS account just to use their own computers.
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07-12-2022, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by FL_Orchid_Collector
Oh wow that's amazing software. It does depend on some old libraries. I had to install .NET 4 and Jet 4 to get it running on WINE on Linux. You could install a linux vm and get it running that way if that doesn't work on Win 10+. I quit using Windows when they started updating the user interface without explanation or permission and trying to push everyone into a MS account just to use their own computers.
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If you got it to run at all outside Windows, that's neat! It is sold as "Windows only" though it will run in a Windows partition on a Mac.
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07-12-2022, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by FL_Orchid_Collector
Oh wow that's amazing software. It does depend on some old libraries. I had to install .NET 4 and Jet 4 to get it running on WINE on Linux. You could install a linux vm and get it running that way if that doesn't work on Win 10+. I quit using Windows when they started updating the user interface without explanation or permission and trying to push everyone into a MS account just to use their own computers.
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Exactly why I left both MS and Apple (Mac) behind. I have always been able to run any program I needed with my Linux machine. Now, if 8 could come up with the purchase price for Or hidden I'd be set!
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07-17-2022, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Dusty Ol' Man
Exactly why I left both MS and Apple (Mac) behind. I have always been able to run any program I needed with my Linux machine. Now, if 8 could come up with the purchase price for Or hidden I'd be set!
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You and me both! On both points! As complete as the program is, that's a lot of money.
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07-12-2022, 02:59 PM
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I mentioned previously it could be packaged as a virtual machine. Then anybody with that virtual machine software could run it on their system. Virtual machine software is available for almost all operating systems.
Virtual machine software is installed on a system. It emulates another operating system. A program running in a virtual machine thinks it is running under whatever operating system the virtual machine is set to.
OrchidWiz only runs on Windows. With a virtual machine somebody with another operating system - iOS, Linux, an older version of Windows, even OS/2 - can run OrchidWiz in a virtual machine.
I don't think it would be difficult to package OrchidWiz as a virtual machine. I don't have the knowledge to do so but there are no doubt lots of people who could do it.
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