MS-Windows compatibility and available ports, Download Links

FlagShip is ported to different operating systems. Besides for Linux and commercial Unices, a port for 32-bit MS-Windows is available as well. This port requires:

• 32bit MS-Windows operating system, like NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
• at least 128 MB RAM (256 MB or more is recommended for perfomance)
• 50 MB free hard disk space

• either Microsoft MS-VC6++ compiler (any edition) or Microsoft Visual Studio 6. Note that neither MS-VC7++ (aka .NET or C#), nor MS-VC5 are compatible to MS-VC6++ and hence cannot be used with this port. See additional info below for more information or the FAQs.

• or Borland BCC32 (supported are both the free and commercial 5.5 versions of Borland C++ Builder). The free version is available on http://www.codegear.com/downloads/free/cppbuilder (in the Download section, click on "Compiler") , or via Borland –> (codegear.com) –> Downloads –> C++Builder –> Compiler –> FreeCommandLineTools. You only need to register by yourself. Then simply execute the downloaded "freecommandLinetools.exe" file to install BCC32, you don't need to create the .cfg files, FlagShip's setup will create them if not available.

You may test FlagShip for free, simply in two steps:

Register (fill-in and submit the form, you will get activation key by e-mail)

and then

Download MS-VC6++ based FlagShip port (click the link for a binary download, and read the installation details)

or

Download BCC32 based FlagShip port (click the link for a binary download, and read the installation details)

Both the above Download links can also be used for update of former VFS releases. Alternatively, you may use FTP download as well. If you wish to test or use FlagShip for other operating systems, see the Linux or Unix ports.

Licenses:

Additional Info:

Since FlagShip translates the Xbase code to C code as an intermediate step and requires object compatible libs during the linking stage, C compilers, utilities and libraries must be chosen with great care, otherwise upredictable errors may occur. See further details here and the difference between the C compilers here.

You may check the MS-VC6 compiler version by invoking "CL" at command prompt, it should report ...Microsoft (R) 32-bit compiler version 12.00.8168 for x86... The correct Borland "BCC32" compiler reports version 5.5.1

The C compiler is required only in the developing phase, it is not required for the user of your application, which only needs the by FlagShip produced executable (i.e. your own .EXE file).