>>>>Hi Renoir just create the text file with the extention vbs, you need to have WSH installed on the machine where you are going to run the file.
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>>>>>Ok, that is what I don't know. Where does this code reside? Is it just a text file with a ??? extension? How is it executed on the local machine? Sorry, this is new to me.
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>>>>>Renoir
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>>>Ok, now it's becomming more convoluted... I need to have WSH installed on the local machine? I guess I'm not seeing how using WSH is better way to load an application EXE than just using Foxpro code itself compiled in it's own EXE. How do I ensure WSH is installed on all the hundreds of PCs involved in an update? Do I need to include code that installs WSH? How does the VBS file execute? Is it automatically done when it is first detected on the hard drive of the local machine? Do you realize now how much I don't know about this?
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>>>I need an Ed Rauh type of explanation for this. (That's a compliment Ed if you're lurking.)
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>>FWIW, it's Title: Re: Updating EXE and Data Without Disruption Thread #590579 Message #590605
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>Ed,

Renoir,

>Do I detect sarcasm?

Doubtful.< s > Helpful? Yes.

>I read your post to me and knowing that the place I'm at (state government) won't spring for a site version of Stonefield, was trying to find the best way to use what you said. I found George's FAQ regarding WSH and was trying to understand how to implement this.

There's a script generator that John Koziol and I wrote that's available in the download section, and can handle a number of options automatically. You might want to look at that also.

>Sorry Ed, we're not all Yale doctors of computer science...
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>If I missed the spirit of your post(s) I apologize.

I take it by the nature of the this thread, that you're relatively new to scripting. I suggest that a good place to start is the 5 part series on the WSH (beginning September, 2000) that Ed and I wrote and appeared in the VFUG newsletter. It's available on-line at www.vfug.org. You might also want to look at the post-script article that I wrote and appeared there earlier this year. It contains some updated information.

The first article in the series deals with such issues as how to tell if it's installed, gives resources for additional information and so on. Ed's sig block also contains a number of useful links for you to check out.

What both Ed and I do as a matter of course in an installation is install it if it's not present. It's too valuable a tool, and the additional effort to get it installed pays dividends for itself since I can also use its functionality from within VFP to easily do things that would be difficult otherwise.