>>It's not enough to declare that version isn't a problem. Please explain how would you handle VFP9 and VFP9SP1 runtimes in this scenario. IOW, what if your application requires VFP9 and mine on the same computer requires VFP9SP1. How that would work?
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>Couldn't each EXE have a runtime version ID stored within it, ie. RuntimeId = VFP9, VFP9SP1, VFP9SP2, VFP10, <g> and make the appropriate request to a remote server?
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>http://foxruntimes.org/vfp7.zip
>...
>...
>http://foxruntimes.org/vfp9.zip
>http://foxruntimes.org/vfp9sp1.zip
>http://foxruntimes.org/vfp9sp2.zip
>http://foxruntimes.org/vfp10.zip
>...
>???
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>In this scenario, I assume that each application would store its runtime files in its application folder.

Hi Malcolm,

Anything is possible. :)
However, your scenario is not even close to the topic of discussion.