Rudy,

Yes, there is a way to get ODBC on each desktop without having to purchase a separate copy of VFP for each machine.

After you create your program/product what you want to do is use the Setup Wizard in VFP. It will help you to create a program that will set up the program on each/any/all target computers. Included in this setup process is the ability to choose whether or not you'd like to install the ODBC drivers. They are freely distributable with your program. Now.. If all you need are the ODBC drivers you could certainly make a very small program and use that as a distribution mechanism.

I also think you can find the ODBC drivers from Microsoft on their web site somewhere but I'm not sure of the licensing issues. Still, as long as you have a developer's copy of VFP you can simply distribute the ODBC files along with your EXE.

Best,

DD


>According to the VFP Installation Guide, a client machine connecting to SQL server needs to have it's own copy of Visual FoxPro installed in order to have ODBC connectivity. That represents a huge cost to the client if they are running one client/server application on many PCs. Is there another way to get the ODBC connectivity required?
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