>>use the Setup Wizard to generate a set of distribution diskettes, it will add the necessary files. VFP 5.0 will not run under Windows 3.1.
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>>vfp does not give you the 'standalone exe' option.
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>ABOUT that last statement, what do you mean by that? I am
>using the setup wizard to put (NT&95) app on a company-wide
>shared drive and trying to have people access the .exe on that
>shared drive via an icon. I want to make updates to the exe
>periodically. Am I on the right track?

before vfp, you could build a standalone exe. this exe contained your app AND the library file fox needed. you could also build a compact exe, which was basically your app w/ startup code to 'run' your app. this needed another file (fox250b.esl, for example). for updates to your program, all you need is the exe file for programming changes.