>this application is running on a network . When users select it they get the latest copy locally. They already have VFP7 run times. The SOAP call is a new bit of the application and I want the minimum that has to be installed for it to work.

Nick,

I know only 2 ways to install SOAP:
- Install full SOAP SDK
- Use SOAP merge modules to build installation package

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