Don't copy. Use an installer that will deal with that for you and report back errors. Many Fox devs have moved to Inno Setup.


>Hi Craig,
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>That's not a problem. I've got a good updating procedure that replaces the exe wherein the controls are built.
>As I see it, when a user does an update, I have to:
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>- copy the new controls into the main app folder (or one of its sub's)
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>then, when a user logs in from an installed workstation,
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>- identify the controls' location (they're all in the same place), likely using the registry, or just a robust if file()...
>- determine whether the controls need updating...
>- if so, un-register the old ones...
>- check if it's successful...
>- delete the old ones...
>- copy the new ones to the same location...
>- register the new ones...
>- check if that's successful...
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>So I think what I need to know is how to get the registry to cough up where they are, and how to capture the return value of the regsvr32.exe call, if that's what I should use.
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>No problemo, right?
>
>Luke