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Best place to install VFP?
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15/02/2010 12:58:25
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01449194
Message ID:
01449199
Views:
87
Application to \Program Files

Data to \ProgramData

>For many years we have been installing the main VFP exe and database on the server and runtimes on the local hard drives. Makes updates easy and has worked well.
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>Now we are about to launch a new product (VFP exe) that will allow any user to build an eCommerice web site after watching a 10-20 minute series of videos. The product will be installed only on the local drive as we assume that 99% of the market will be individual PCs. Because of the target market (no experience or less required) we need to make the install simple, foolproof and with the lowest possibility of problems. We are using Inno Setup. When the VFP exe fires up for the first time it creates the data folder and all the .DBFs.
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>I heard somewhere that there is a real problem putting a database in the program files folder with Vista and Windows 7. But I wonder about the ability to create a new folder in the root of c: with all the new security stuff in these new OSs.
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>I would really appreciate any thoughts people have on this.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
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