For saving snapshot data, Paradox is great. Webify Your Data - Meaning surface your existing Paradox application in some form on the internet.My preference is Delphi for native code Windows applications and VB.Net, C#, or Delphi Prism for. New Commercial Applications - A desktop database is the wrong tool.Although it‘s possible to develop a commercial application in a desktop database, you are in the wrong development environment. This, of course, is just my opinion and in the past my company has developed and marketed several commercial Paradox applications and helped many clients do the same. However, because of deployment issues, it was always the wrong tool even when Paradox was king of Windows development back in the 1994/95 era. This advice applies to all desktop databases including MS Access. Existing Commercial Applications - Migrate from Paradox to a general development tool ASAP.Paradox is a good solution and we do still recommend it for certain situations. If you wish to discuss Paradox as a solution for you, call me at 91 x205 and I‘ll be happy to discuss a specific project with you.

New Business DB Applications - If you‘re thinking about starting a new application in Paradox, make sure you are using the right tool.After all, Paradox 9, 10 and 11 run fine on XP and Windows 7.Note: The file server storing your data doesn‘t matter and even MS Server 2008 works just fine. The Paradox on Vista problems have been resolved by Microsoft with the release of Windows 7. Large corporations with good development funds have options. This is true especially when development funds are limited. Existing Business DB Applications - You can keep using Paradox so long as you are willing to either stick with Paradox 9 with XP/Vista/7 or Paradox 9/10/11 with Windows XP/7 and skip Vista (the Vista patch for Paraox 11 is currently having mixed results).In fact, they have recently, February 2009, have released a patch for Vista. However, Paradox is currently in maintenance mode and the current version of Paradox is version 11 even though the WordPerfect Office Suite is up to version 14 (A.K.A X4). Paradox 10 and 11 have problems with Vista but run fine on XP and on Wincows 7, (one of the Windows 7 goals was to fix compatibility issues). First the short answer…Ĭorel is still actively selling Paradox as part of the WordPerfect Office Suite Pro Edition. The following are my opinions, post your comments and questions BLOG style at the bottom of this page.ĭo you have an existing Paradox for Windows application? Are you curious about the future of Paradox? Should you maintain your Paradox applications or convert them? Perhaps you like Paradox and wish to stay as long as possible with it or, for financial reasons, need to delay converting as long as possible.

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