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VFP application deployment and update
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14/06/1999 11:55:13
Kam Lee
SUNY-Health Science Center
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
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00229474
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>Hi all,
>
>I need to distribute my application (.EXE,. INI,.OCX files) to about 200 NT workstations and keep the Database files on a NT server. Any tips and tricks on what is the good way to do the initial setup and future update to the application ?

Here is a little help:

1) Place your setup directories & files on the network. Send out detailed (and tested) instructions for users to run the setup themselves. You'll probably have a few little problems, but most should work fine...

2) For future updates, use a "launcher" exe...a little program that checks to see if the exe on a user's hard drive is older than a server exe, and then automatically copies the newer one to the local drive if it is...your exe updates are virtually "seamless" this way...
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.
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