>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I have created an application used the setup wizard to create the
>>>disk images. I have installed the application on a network and
>>>everything works great if I run it from the computer that I installed
>>>the application. However, If I run the program from another workstation
>>>I get the error that the Visual Foxpro Library can't be found.
>>>I tried to copy the vfp500.dll to the workstations \windows\system
>>>directory, but this didn't work either.
>>>
>>>Can anyone help me?
>>>Please email me.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Paul Acton
>>>pacton@ttsinc.com
>>
>>The normal way of distribution is to install locally (VFP application requires multiple dll/ocx, not only vfp500.dll).
>
>Hi Edward,
>
>Thanks for the reply...I'm not sure if I understand. I want to be
>able to run this application from many workstations. Do you mean I
>need to install the program locally on each machine? If I do this I
>will have a data subdirectory on each local machine. I guess I could
>then delete the local data subdirectories and add to the path the
>server's data subdirectory? This just doesn't sound like an efficent
>way to do this. Sorry to be so stupid about this...I'm new to the
>world of Visual Foxpro and Windows for that matter.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help here,
>
>Paul Acton
>pacton@ttsinc.com
The distribution package shouldn't include database related files (they will be deployed separately on server). Executable and all necessary dll,ocx,etc. files will be installed locally on each user machine. Your app should have mechanism allowing a user to configure datapath (can be done once) to server data folder.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant