>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?

The VFP Setup Wizard does not support the behaviour you want.

You will need a third-party installation system to do this. Also, you will need a fairly stable network environment (guarantees that the net is up, and that drives/paths are stable for each person) for this plan to really work. In any case, you will need to install the support .dll files, any .ocx files you use, and other such on the individual workstations.

Here's an idea you may want to consider - it was proposed in an article of FoxPro Advisor - I don't remember the author or I'd give the person the credit. Write a small wrapper application (as an .exe) that presents all the possible VFP applications that the user could run, install that properly on the users' machines (you could even use the Wizard for that), and store the applications on the net as .app files. The list of appropriate applications for each person could also be stored on the net in a .dbf. I believe that VFP will have less problem running shared .app files than shared .exes.

Just a thought - in any case, the Setup Wizard will not give you the exact effect you describe.