Then I suggest that you crate a "loader" program which
1. Checks whether the necessary files are located in the defined directory on the local machine
2. If not, copies the newer files from the server to the defined local directory
3. Starts the EXE from the local machine
>Yes, me too, but that's exactly what I'd like to avoid. As the number of apps grows, this is not a very satisfying solution.
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>>Place the runtime files in the same directory as your EXE, no registration is required! I have done it for years, works wothout any problem.
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>>>We've got a number of VFP apps running off our network servers & Citrix.
>>>
>>>Rather than copying the VFP runtime stuff to each .exe / dir, a potential maintenance nightmare, I'd like to place it all in a VfpCommon dir.
>>>
>>>Our support people have tried all sorts of stuff with the path & even registering the .dll's. So far with no luck, so they've given up.
>>>
>>>Can not locate VFP support library, it says.
>>>
>>>Why would that be? And what should I tell them to do?
>>>
>>>
>>>TIA & BR