>>>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.
>>>
>>>vfp does not give you the 'standalone exe' option.
>>
>>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.

Not quite true. FPW2.x will not create a stand alone EXE.

Craig