>it says in the ms kb that vfp5/6 cannot be run off of a file server. does this mean that everyone who runs vfp5/6 in a company has to have a local copy ??? so 20 employees 20 vfp's ???
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You have to install the runtime on each machine to run a compiled .EXE - if you want to install the developer version on each system, you'll need 20 licenses to do this legally.