> I want to install an application developed in VFP 5 onto a network server, > and enable users to be able to install the application anytime in the > future, from the network installation, so that they are using the > application and database off the network. This is acheived with MS-Access > by running SETUP with the Administrators option (/A) to install it on the > network drive, then a user could install the application by running SETUP > from the network drive and selecting Workstation installation, which would > install the DLLs, OCXs, icon, etc, to run the application off the network. > VFP does not seem to provide this facility. When I try to do SETUP /A it > says SETUP does not support this option. An invalid option reveals all > options available (/A is listed) as well as a /Y which "installs without > copying files". > Does anyone know how I can acheive the network installation I'm after, > perhaps by getting /A to work, or does anyone know just what the /Y option > does? As ever, my suggestion is to use InstallShield. This lets you to setup and select from any type of installation, including one where you copy over just the libraries and icons, and leave the main .EXE file, all of the data, and everything else on the server. /Paul