>>>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

Paul,

The way we distribute application on our network using VFP is to create a "dummy" setup using VFP's
setup wizard. All of the workstations that are going to run the VFP EXE will need to run this setup exe
one time only. What this setup will do is copy all the necessary DLLs, OCXs, ect... to each user's workstation.

Your actual EXE and data can reside on the server. Once the workstation has the necessary support files,
that workstation can then point the the desired VFP EXE on the server and run it just fine.

Also, any future EXEs that are placed on the server will NOT require another Setup exe to be run on the
workstations as long as that workstation already contains the VFP support files.

Jerryt