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EXE built with VFP7 and using VFP6R.DLL
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Visual FoxPro
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Installation, Setup and Configuration
Miscellaneous
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00660949
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>Hi Peter,
>
>>Is anyone familiar with the consequences of an EXE that's built with VFP7 (SP1) and run with VFP6R.DLL (using the -d parameter)?
>>Don't say to me "It won't work", because it DOES work. Moreover, version(5) will return 600, implying it's running under VFP6!
>
>I don't say that it won't work <g>. I'm not absolutely sure, but I think I've once read or heard, that this should be possible if you don't use any of the VFP7 enhancements. Or was it running a VFP6 exe with VFP7 runtime?!
>
>I'm afraid, that I can't be of more help.
>
>Regards,
>Armin

Armin, thanks for your reply. I wonder whether other people (MS-people? Jim Booth?) know more about this topic.
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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