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SP4 vs SP5, which files need to be updated
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10/05/2001 11:55:32
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00505391
Message ID:
00506387
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>>>I think you better change the runtime files too on the clients side (vfp*.dll)
>>>using older versions may make your app crash
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>>I agree. I've gotten away with vfp SP "version incompatibilty" a few times by necessity, and it worked well enough for short periods, but I would never recommend it to anyone, I think it's just looking for trouble.
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>>Much easier just to uninstall the SP development upgrades, and do builds with the older version. Unless there is a critical fix, which means a full distributed upgrade anyway.
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>Thanks, guys - I'll have to make some fixes then. I'll probably add a version check to the launcher, which will then automatically re-run the setup. I guess that would still mean trouble if the actual users don't have the rights to install anything on their local machines.
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>Seems to be I'm in for a few interesting days...
Additionally, the SPs typically provide more recent versions of ActiveX. When you run the wizard, you may want to reselect for MS 6.0 SP 3 to MS 6.0 SP4 (or SP5) OCX controls.
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