Mark,

I haven't had a chance to play with InstallShield yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Glad to hear you say it's easy to work with.

But... does this mean that Microsoft is steering us away from Visual Studio Installer? I was just starting to get familiar with that, and now it looks like I should drop it in favor of InstallShield. Are we to conclude that Visual Studio Installer will no longer be appropriate for VFP since VFP is no longer part of Visual Studio?

Rick

>I like the VFP version. It is soooo easy. The reason you do not get the full version for the upgrade price is because you never really paid for an InstallShield version in the first place.
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>The full version need not come with the merge modules because these already came with VFP 7.
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>>I'm confused, I've got to be missing something here.
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>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/prodinfo/new.asp
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>>From microsoft's website under New Development Tools states the following.
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>>*InstallShield Express
>>Visual FoxPro 7.0 features InstallShield Express, so that you can deploy your Visual FoxPro applications easily. Visual FoxPro 7.0 also includes all of the files you might need to create data applications that access local and remote data.
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>>When you run the install shield express it's actually not Install Shield Express Full Version but Install Shield Express Limited Edition for Visual Foxpro 7. You'll notice locks on many features because this is a limited edition. However, there is no upgrade for this product. You have to buy the full version of Install Shield to 'un-lock' these frozen features. The full version cost $349.00. When you buy the full version it doesn't even include the VFP7 merge modules?!?
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>>There is a $150 upgrade for older versions of Install Shield Express but not the one that comes with Visual Foxpro.
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>>I feel a little misled by marketing on this one. Maybe that's just the way the cookie crumbles though...