Hi,

1) I assume here that you mean it is always necessary to install the VFP run-time libraries on a PC, even if then entire application is to be run from the network. It is the case for VFP that run time libraries must be installed on a workstation that will run an application. As a workaround for this problem you can build an installation that just installs the VFP run-time files. Then use this whenever a 'new' workstation needs to be able to run the sapp from the network.

2) But if the post-setup executable is installed in the same directory as the application, it never needs to know it's exact physical location. Just use relative path names to get to associated files.


>i have made an exe that i would like to run on computers without VFP on it. i have tried the setup wizard in VFP but i fine it restrictive, can you suggest any install program that can install VFP properly.
> the reason why i am finding the setup wizard a problem is:
>1.) it doesn't let you do a network installation where all the data and exe's are on the server.
>2.) the user can change the desination of the installation and the post-setup executable doesn't know where the exe's have been installed.
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>in my program i need some setting in the autoexec.bat which states where the exe's are and some configuration settings. i have been thinking if putting these settings into the registry would be a better why. if you think it would be better to put these settings into the registery, can you tell me how to add these settings and how to read the information from the registry.
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>thanks
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>daryl
>kelworth limited