>>I think that I only need to install
>>vfp8r.dll
>>VFP8RENU.DLL
>>vfp8t.dll
>>
>>at least for now. My question is where do these files need to go. My
>>guess is that I have two choices. I can put them in the same directory
>>as the EXE or I can place them in \Windows\System32
>
>It's not always called \windows\system32\, but yes that's where they go. You can look up the CSIDL locations (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762494%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) to verify where, on each particular machine, those file locations belong.
>
>>Second question is whether or not these files have to be registered or
>>do they simply need to exist in the appropriate path? Does the folder in
>>which they are installed matter for registration purposes?
>
>Not 100% sure on VFP8 DLLs. For VFP9, I always register these DLLs, and I have not had an issue:
>vfp9r.dll
>vfp9t.dll

Thanks for the reply