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VFP 8 on Win98 Machine (Info!)
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30/11/2002 04:10:22
 
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Visual FoxPro
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00727994
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Hi Frank,

I'm sure this is interesting to a lot of people :-)

The VFP 8 development installation is not supported on Windows 98. or Me. Yes, you can make it work. But it's not supported.

OTOH, we're very interested in hearing problems with VFP8 runtime issues on Win98.


>For Testing I've just installed the VFP8 Beta on a Win98-Machine
>
>The installation went through without problems, but I could not start it.
>
>An error "cannot find GDIPLUS.DLL" appeared and VFP never started.
>
>I located the GDIPLUS.DLL in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VFP
>(witch is C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Microsoft Shared\VFP in Germany) where
>all the VFP-related stuff is stored and normally found without problems.
>
>So I simply moved (actually) copied it to C:\Windows\System\
>
>and VFP started without arguing.
>
>Thought this could be interesting to someone.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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