Create setup disks that installs the VFP runtimes only. Do a formal install of the runtimes on the target machine.

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> ... we have just copied a perfectly working VFP6 application from one machine to a new one. We copied the existing directory structure to the same drive on the new machine. This includes the foxpro run time libraries. However the program does not run .... we get the following ...
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>"Error 171 trying to report error 171"
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>On pressing OK we then get an exception fault . This error number cannot be found in the documentation.
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>To further diagnose the problem we create a one line program that does ONLY a wait window within the directory that has the foxpro "run times". As soon as the wait window tries to put text to the screen we ge the same result. With no text its OK.
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>Both PC's have the same OS, ie NT Workstation with an Arabic locale. Rebooting the new machine into Windows 95 and then running the same program from the same directory works fine on the new machine.
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>Actually we are stumped ... has anyone any idea where the problem could be?
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>Richard Schneller