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    15-Nov-2021: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 8.1.04 for MS-Windows supports now Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, 2019, 2017 and 2015. You may download either MS-VS or BCC32 based port for 64 or 32bit Windows. If you don't have activation key yet, simply submit the request for a free 30 days evaluation version. If you own license for VFS7, you may purchase discounted upgrade to VFS8 on-line.

    30-Jun-2021 - FS2 Toolbox for Linux: The standard function stime() has been removed in Glibc-2.31 (and newer). When using the FS2-Toolbox date/time functions (in e.g. Ubuntu 20+), a link error "undefined reference to 'stime' " can occur. This can be remedied by a patch described in https://groups.google.com/g/multisoft-flagship/c/fCDp1P3cUyI  

    30-Jan-2020: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 8.1.04 for MS-Windows (see the overview or changes log for details). You may download either MS-VC6++ or BCC32 based port for 64 or 32bit Windows. If you don't have activation key yet, simply submit the request for a free 30 days evaluation version. If you own license for VFS7, you may purchase discounted upgrade to VFS8 on-line.

    30-Jan-2020: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 8.1.04 for Linux (see the overview or changes log for details). You may download tar based installation corresponding to your 64 or 32bit Linux. If you don't have VFS8 activation key yet, simply submit the request for a free 30 days evaluation version. If you own license for VFS7, you may purchase discounted upgrade to VFS8 on-line. If you own FS4, VFS5 or VFS6, please contact your distributor or multisoft for upgrades to VFS8.

    14-Mar-2019: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 8.1.03 for MS-Windows (see the overview or changes log for details).
    14-Mar-2019: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 8.1.03 for Linux (see the overview or changes log for details).

    12-Jan-2018: new release Visual FlagShip VFS 8.1.2 for MS-Windows is available. Creates now 64-bit (or 32-bit) applications. Many additional features compared to VFS7. If you own license for VFS7, you may order discounted upgrade to VFS8, for new licenses see the price list.

    12-Jan-2018: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 8.1.2 for Linux is available. Creates now 64-bit (or 32-bit) applications. Many additional features compared to VFS7. If you own license for VFS7, you may order discounted upgrade to VFS8, for new licenses see the price list.

    15-May-2017: new release Visual FlagShip VFS 8 for Linux is available. Creates now 64-bit (or 32-bit) applications. Many additional features compared to VFS7. If you own license for VFS7, you may order discounted upgrade to VFS8, for new licenses see the price list.

    10-May-2016: updated requirements for Ubuntu 16.04LTS and SuSE Leap

    16-Feb-2015: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.24 for MS-Windows (see the overview or changes log for details). You may download either MS-VC6++ or BCC32 based port. If you don't have activation key yet, simply submit the request for a free 30 days evaluation version. If you own license for VFS6, you may purchase discounted upgrade to VFS7 on-line.

    16-Feb-2015: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.24 for Linux (see the overview or changes log for details). You may download either rpm or tar based installation, corresponding to your Linux kernel, now. If you don't have activation key yet, simply submit the request for a free 30 days evaluation version. If you own license for VFS6, you may purchase discounted upgrade to VFS7 on-line. If you own FS4 or VFS5, please contact your distributor or multisoft for upgrades to VFS7.

    14-Oct-2014: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.23 for MS-Windows is available
    14-Oct-2014: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.23 for Linux is available .

    28-Jul-2014: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.22 for MS-Windows is available
    28-Jul-2014: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.22 for Linux is available .

    22-May-2014: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.21 for MS-Windows is available
    22-May-2014: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.21 for Linux is available .

    07-May-2014: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.20 for MS-Windows is available
    07-May-2014: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.20 for Linux is available .

    01-Feb-2013: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.19a for MS-Windows is available
    01-Feb-2013: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.19a for Linux is available .

    10-Aug-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.17 for MS-Windows is available
    10-Aug-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.17 for Linux is available .

    15-Jun-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.16 for MS-Windows is available
    15-Jun-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.16 for Linux is available .

    19-Sep-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.18 for MS-Windows is available
    19-Sep-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.18 for Linux is available .

    10-Aug-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.17 for MS-Windows is available
    10-Aug-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.17 for Linux is available .

    15-Jun-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.16 for MS-Windows is available
    15-Jun-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.16 for Linux is available .

    7-May-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.15 for MS-Windows is available
    7-May-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.15 for Linux is available .

    24-Feb-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.14 for MS-Windows is available
    24-Feb-2012: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.14 for Linux is available .

    19-Dec-2011: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.13 for MS-Windows is available
    19-Dec
    -2011: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.13 for Linux is available .

    26-Oct-2011: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.12 for MS-Windows is available
    26-Oct-2011: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.12 for Linux is available .

    18-Mar-2011: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.11 for MS-Windows is available
    18-Mar-2011: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.11 for Linux is available .

    18-Nov-2010: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.9 for MS-Windows is available
    18-Nov-2010: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.9 for Linux is available .

    8-Jul-2010: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.8 for MS-Windows is available
    8-Jul-2010: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.8 for Linux is available .

    12-Feb-2010: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.6 for MS-Windows is available
    12-Feb-2010: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.6 for Linux is available .

    21-Jan-2010: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.5 for MS-Windows is available
    21-Jan-2010: free update Visual FlagShip VFS 7.1.5 for Linux is available .

    09-Dec-2009: new Visual FlagShip 7 manual in PDF format (corresponding to the on-line manual) is available for a free download.

    30-Oct-2009: new release Visual FlagShip VFS 7 for MS-Windows is available. If you own license for VFS6, you may purchase discounted upgrade to VFS7.
     
    30-Oct-2009: new release Visual FlagShip VFS 7 for Linux is available . If you own license for VFS6, you may purchase discounted upgrade to VFS7.

    6-May-2008: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.19a for MS-Windows available
    6-May-2008: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.19a for Linux available

    28-Feb-2008: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.18 for Linux available (see the changes log for details).
    28-Feb-2008: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.18 for MS-Windows available (see the changes log for details). .

    15-Jan-2008: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.17 for Linux available (see the changes log for details).
    15-Jan-2008: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.17 for MS-Windows available (see the changes log for details). .

    29-Jun-2007: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.16 for Linux available (see the changes log for details).
    29-Jun-2007: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.16 for MS-Windows available (see the changes log for details). .

    30-Jan-2007: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.15a for Linux available (see the changes log for details).
    30-Jan-2007: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.15a for MS-Windows available (see the changes log for details). .

    02-Nov-2006: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.14 for Linux available (see the changes log for details).
    02-Nov-2006: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.14 for MS-Windows available (see the changes log for details). .

    08-Aug-2006: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.12 for Linux available (see the changes log for details).
    08-Aug-2006: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.12 for MS-Windows available (see the changes log for details). .

    16-May-2006: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.10 for Linux available (see the changes log for details).
    16-May-2006: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.10 for MS-Windows available (see the changes log for details). .

    12-Jan-2006: a small update of VFS 6.1.6/6.1.9 for Linux with gcc 4.x is available. See changes and/or download now.

    16-Dec-2005: announcing port of Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.6/6.1.9 for Linux with gcc 4.x (e.g. SuSE 10, Fedora Core 4, Mandriva 2006, Ubuntu 5.10 etc.).

    13-Dec-2005: Update: DbSetindex() returns negated value corresponding to Neterr(), i.e. .F. on success and .T. on failure. If you use DbSetindex() directly instead of SET INDEX, you either may check success/failure by Neterr() or download the DbSetindex() patch for Linux, MSVC6 or BCC based VFS 6.1.6*. Note: not requared anymore, included in version 6.1.10

    25-Nov-2005: announcing Visual FlagShip port for the free Borland BCC32 compiler, see below.

    25-Nov-2005: 19-Jan-2006: FlagShip for Windows: PACK and COPY TO in some cases didn't flush multiple Memo fields completely to disk (caused by too "optimistic" buffer handling in Windows). Note: included in version 6.1.10

    23-Nov-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.6 for Linux available (see the changes log for details). .

    13-Oct-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.5 for Linux available.
    13-Oct-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.5 for MS-Windows / MS-VC6++ available.

    22-July-2005: In addition to the on-line manual named fsman, available in any distribution, Visual FlagShip documentation (manual) is available in PDF format for a free download or for on-line reading

    25-May-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.4a for Linux available
    25-May-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.4a for MS-Windows / MS-VC6++ available

    16-May-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.4 for Linux available.
    16-May-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.4 for MS-Windows / MS-VC6++ available.

    25-April-2005: Hints for different Linux versions

    10-March-2005: Linux requirements and download links updated

    07-Jan-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.3 for Linux available.
    07-Jan-2005: release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.3 for MS-Windows / MS-VC6++ available.

    01-Dec-2004: there is now only one common price list in EURO (€). If you wish to pay in US$ or in other currency, please contact us or ask your bank for the current exchange rate.

    20-Oct-2004: new release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.2 for Linux available. .

    18-Oct-2004: new release Visual FlagShip VFS 6.1.2 for MS-Windows / MS-VC6++ available.

    09-Aug-2004: New release of RqRddFire is available.

    11-Jun-2004: cumulative updates and extensions for VFS6.1.1/MS-Windows.

    26-Apr-2004: cumulative updates and extensions for VFS6.1.1/MS-Windows.

    31-Mar-2004: new Visual FlagShip 6.1 for MS-Windows (95,98,NT4,2000,XP) is available, your source and data are now 100% cross-compatible to different operating systems such as Lunux, Unix or MS-Windows! You may test it for free.For this version, you will need MS-VC6++ (standard, pro or enterprise edition).

    25-Jul-2003: Article from Revista do Linux (.pdf, 1mb) "Java and FlagShip" by Ricardo Delamar Roque describing how to connect and use Java and Java tools (like Jbuilder) in a FlagShip application.

    8-Jul-2003: Visual FlagShip release 5.1.4 is available for RedHat9 or for all other Glibc-2.2 to 2.3.2 based Linux systems (like SuSE 7.x to 8.2, RedHat 7.x and 8.x, Conectiva, Mandrake, Slackware etc). See this info for changes on upgrade. You may alternatively download from  ftp server. See info for Visual FlagShip compatibility to RedHat 7,8,9 and SuSE 7,8 and a list of available FlagShip ports for Linux and for other Unix systems. A free Test/Evaluation version of Visual FlagShip is available.

    28-May-2003: Visual FlagShip 5.1.3 was released.

    12-May-2003: Upgrade for commercial FlagShip 4.48.466 to Glibc-2.3.2 systems (SuSE8.2, RedHat9 etc) and the media for Free Personal FlagShip is available on CD-ROM via sales@fship.com

    27-Feb-2003: Visual FlagShip 5.1.2 was released.

    4-Feb-2003: Technical (support) FAQs updated for FS5/VFS and for FS4. 

    24-Jan-2003: Visual FlagShip 5.0.10 was released.

    28-Jan-2003: Free Personal FlagShip and FS4.48.465 release is available for all Glibc-2.2 based Linux versions via http or ftp server. Register your personal version via free.html, read also the License Agreement for conditions of use. 

    12-Nov-2002: Visual FlagShip 5.0.9 was released.

    05-Nov-2002: Tech Info about Emulators

    30-Oct-2002: Visual FlagShip 5.0.8 was released 

    15-Oct-2002: Screenshots of Visual FlagShip Debugger are available

    25-Sep-2002: Visual FlagShip 5.0.7 with freely re-definable Internationalization was released.

    03-Sep-2002: Visual FlagShip 5.0.6 with extended GUI source debugger and significant speed increase was released.

    23-Aug-2002: Visual FlagShip 5.0.5 with GUI source debugger was released

    30-Jul-2002: Visual FlagShip 5.0.4 including Eval was released

    11-Jul-2002: Visual FlagShip release 5.0.2 is available

    Feb-2002: Visual FlagShip (FS5) is in Beta, see some screenshots here.

    25-Jan-2002: additons to the Support FAQ file

    2-Dec-2001: new MySQL (FmySQL) database driver

    29-Sep-2001: update for Linux Glibc-2.2 and kernel 2.4x is available via http or ftp server

    26-Jun-2001: updated links for Dave Pearson's Norton Guides for Unix, alternative mirrors for  FTP download

    25-Jun-2001: new port for Sun Sparc Solaris 7 & 8
    22-Jun-2001: new port for Compaq (DEC) Alpha based Tru64 systems

    31-May-2001: Additions to the Support FAQ file and Linux info for RedHat 7.1

    23-Mar-2001: new version of mySQL RDD is available.

    2-Mar-2001 and 15-Mar-2001: additons to the Support FAQ file.

    02-Feb-2001: FSI, a full sized FlagShip Interpreter is available for a free download in source code, see the Tools page for additional details.

    20-Dec-2000: New port 4.48.7459 for Linux Glibc-2.1 (e.g. for the RedHat 6.x & 7.x, SuSE 6.2+ & 7.x and similar distributions) is available. See details for other Linux ports in linux.html white pages. If you already own an Activation Key for 4.48.745* you may use this key for the new port as well.

    24-Aug-2000: additons to the Support FAQ file, Tools and Rdds page.

    26-May-2000: Serial communication tool (by Dan Levitt) is similar to the Telepathy library and is available for a free download.

    15-May-2000: Reports in SDT International 01/2000 (.pdf 630kb), published with kindly permission of VOCA GmbH: "FlagShip compatibility to VO" and "CGI Applications for Linux" by Uwe Holz on pg. 12 and "E-Mails directly from FlagShip" by Jan V.Balek on pg. 9. See also sources in a tar file on the ftp server.

    10-May-2000: additons to the Support FAQ file.

    14-Feb-2000: new RDDs for FlagShip (Informix, Oracle, mySQL etc) available.

    10-Jan-2000: Secure server for protection your personal data (order, registration) is available.

    3-Jan-2000: Many success reports that there could not be detected any Y2K problems in FlagShip at all :-)

    20-Oct-1999: Several new ports 4.48 for a free download are available.

    05-Oct-1999: New port 4.48 for HP-UX 11 is available. See details in HP release notes or download a free Test Drive via the "Demos" button.

    16-Apr-1999: When the newfsterm script fails on your Linux ELF system, download the modified scripts via ftp or use the "Support" button.

    26-Feb-1999: Free Personal FlagShip released for personal use. Get your Activation Key and optionally download the media via free.html. Read also the License Agreement for conditions. 

    01-Feb-1999: New Price list in US $ or in EURO is available. 

    Some older staff:

    New benchmark results and sources are available, the general FlagShip FAQs was updated. White paper with examples how to use FlagShip as a Web-Database-Server and the general FlagShip FAQs. White Paper for Year 2000 confirmance, extended Support FAQ for the Y2K. 

    A page with free C compilers for different operating systems and suitable for FlagShip has been added and is available via the "Support" or "Tools" button, additional links for free C compilers for HP-UX and SUN. 
     

    We hope that you find this web site a valuable reference in your Clipper/FlagShip efforts. If you've got suggestions for ways to improve the site, let us know! 



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