Re: Running PFROI on Windows XP

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In Reply to: Re: Running PFROI on Windows XP posted by Rick on June 20, 2004 at 19:02:35:

Hey Rick -

I too have been using PFROI for a long time and have a lot of accumulated data. I'd like to switch to something like Fund Manager but haven't yet figured out how to export and import the data. I've experimented with some common export formats but as yet to no avail.

Have you discovered how to get that old PFROI data into the new program yet?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

: PFROI, a DOS program, is no longer supported by CapTools (www.captools.com), although their [expensive] portfolio managment program will import them. I don't want to spend that much on a new program.

: I have been using PFROI for many years and have much investment data entered, so I wanted to find some way to either run the program under XP or export its data to some other program.

: PFROI won't run under Windows XP because there is no real DOS under it. The compatibility tabs still wouldn't make it run.

: A freeware program called DOSBOX that is used for running ancient DOS games on Windows computers provides a real DOS environment that will run this old financial program as well! There is some need to write a few batch file commands, but a few hours of work got it running fine. If you would like further info on them, I can provide it.

: It would still be expedient to find another program to which the PFROI data files could be exported. Any possibility here?

Replies:

• Re: Running PFROI on Windows XP Henry G Karpf 10:52:50 07/13/05 (1)
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• Re: Running PFROI on Windows XP Mark 21:28:33 07/11/04 (0)