>"the procedure entry point _sopen could not be located in the dynamic library msvcr70.dll"
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>I get the above error when I start vfp8 and it will not start.
>I have vfp 9 on the same machine and works fine. I need to use vfp8 to match the customer version.
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>help
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>thanks

Did msvcr70.dll exists on that computer?
VFP9 requires msvcr71.dll not msvcr70.dll, that is why it works.