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Visual DataFlex and Windows 8
Stephen W. MeeleyDevelopment Team
Data Access Worldwide
www.dataaccess.com
The Room 111 View of Windows 8
• Visual DataFlex 17.1 will be officially supported on the various Windows 8 platforms (but not Windows RT)
• No, older revisions of Visual DataFlex are not officially supported, but the word on the street is that they “mostly work” As long as you don’t use WinPrint
• No, you can’t just copy the WinPrint from 17.1 and use it with older revisions
• Questions?
The Kübler-Ross View of Windows 8
• Shock or Disbelief *• Denial• Anger• Bargaining• Guilt *• Depression• Acceptance and Hope
Windows 8
• What are we really talking about here? Windows 8? Windows RT? Touch (Windows and/or Web)? Tablets? Surface? (Pro and/or RT) Metro, er, Windows Store, er, excuse me, Modern UI apps? Apple envy? Internet Explorer 10 (Modern UI and/or Desktop)? “Just” running Visual DataFlex on Windows 8?
Editions
• Windows 8– Install on any PC– Runs Windows Store apps
and Desktop apps
• Windows 8 Pro adds– BitLocker (data protection)– Host RDC– Domain join (networks)– Hyper-V– Virtual Hard Disk Boot
• Windows 8 Enterprise adds– Features for corporate
IT support– Windows To Go
• Windows RT– Only pre-installed– Only Windows Store
apps
Interesting things about Windows 8
• The split-interface is a double-edged sword• Live Syncing (using Microsoft Account and not Local
Account)• Search• Task Manager• Faster booting• Windows To Go• Pausing file transfers• Windows key combination – especially Windows+Print
Screen (saves directly to Pictures folder)
Loves the screen…
• But is still very infatuated with the keyboard!
Windows Key + C: Displays Charms menu. Windows Key + X: Brings up a menu of advanced system options, including
Windows Control Panel, Command Prompt, Task Manager and File Explorer. Windows Key + I: Displays the Settings menu for the current app. Windows Key + Q: Brings up the apps search menu that allows you to
search your list of installed programs. Windows Key + D: Activates desktop mode. Windows Key + Tab: Brings up the Task Switcher and toggles between
Windows 8-style apps. Windows Key + H: Brings up Share menu for the current app. Windows Key + M: Opens desktop mode and minimizes all windows.
Loves the screen…
• But is still very infatuated with the keyboard!
Windows Key + W: Opens universal search menu and sets it to search settings. Windows Key + F: Opens universal search menu and sets it to search files. Windows Key + R: Opens Run menu where you can launch programs by typing in
their executable file names. Windows Key + E: Opens File Explorer to the “My Computer” view which shows all
your drives. Windows Key +Number Key (1-9): Switch to desktop mode and make the Nth
application on the task bar active where N is the number key you hit and 1 is the furthest taskbar icon to the left.
Windows Key + . (period key): Docks the current Windows 8-style application to the right or left, depending on how many times you hit it.
Windows Key + Z: Brings up app menu, which shows contextual options for the active app.
Windows 8 Market Share
• Growing, but at a very slow pace
• Still running in 4th place (behind Windows 7, XP and Vista) at 3.17%
• NetMarketShare
What about Visual DataFlex?
• Visual DataFlex 17.1 adds official support for Windows 8• Prior versions have known problems with WinPrint• The Modern UI version of Internet Explorer 10 provides a “plug-in-free
browsing experience” Translation = no PDF support But it will switch to the Desktop version if you have a plug-in installed
• Touch can be funky in Windows applications (but that’s not specific to Windows 8)
• Touch has issues in Web applications Eg. Menus are “hover”, not “click” so they don’t stay open We’ll be addressing these, but not necessarily in 17.1
• We’ll be adding an option to reduce the number of Start Menu items
Tidbits
• Check out Stardoc Corporation Start 8 ModernMix
• Check application compatibility Even Microsoft
• Hot Corners are kinda important and they don’t work well when running Windows 8 in virtual machines This can be very frustrating if you didn’t know this and thought
you just didn’t “get it”
• Not all updates can be “in-place”
It’s a learning experience…
• Give yourself time to play
• Personally, I’m still at stage four
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