>>>>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.
>>
>
>Paul,
>
>I use Jerry's method. It is the easiest for updating the EXE when you make changes. Depending on your network, the speed price is should be minimal and only a delay when starting the app.

One more note: having local installation you can easily provide local user profile, configuration file, etc.