>> 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

Does installshield come with VFP professional or is it a separate buy?