>the reason i dont use setup wizard is our network is a novell and users just map the network drive where the program is and this is shortcut in the desktop pointing out to the network exe.

Yes, I understand.

Instead of mapping, could you not use UNC (I don't know whether this works with Novell), like \\MyServer\MyApp\MyApp.exe?

I have the same situation here - shared folder for EXE and data.

I create a "phony" installation, and install some small program like calc.exe, to a folder like c:\TempFolder. (At least one program has to be included in the installation.)

This is not completely clean, however, because of the TempFolder. Perhaps this could be removed somehow by a post-setup executable. Or placed in another folder, where it doesn't bother.

This installation allows me to use the Setup Wizard to copy and register the VFP DLLs, and install ActiveX controls, copy and register the help support (support for CHM Help).

HTH, Hilmar.

>I tried the launcher program, but i didn't get the concept of it.

You can simply have the DLLs in the same folder as the executable. You might still have problems with ActiveX, though.

Hilmar.