Hi Bernard,
The complexity is caused by the Windows Installer Technology - from which we are gaining benefits in 2K and XP. I think the best answer is to try to understand it a bit more and to that purpose I have just purchased thru Amazon "The Official Installshield for Windows Installer - Developrers Guide" - good sleep inducer - dozed off real easy last night reading it - but I think it is the way to go - Author is Bob Baker.
Regards

>The Install Shield Visual Fox Edition that comes on the VFP 7 CD is un necessarily complicated. It sometimes takes longer to get a correct installation going than to actually write the app itself.
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>I much prefer the VFP 6 install which, while not having all these flash options, did a reasonable job and took less than a minute to setup & complete.
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>Maybe I am going about this the wrong way.
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>Maybe someone has some sort of template that I can use when all I want is to install the App, some other files like tables, sometimes Activex and of course the runtimes?
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>Is there some quick way of creating an installation in VFP 7 without spending hours going thru all those options?
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>Please help as I am totally frustrated after it crashed on me for the nth time .
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>Bernard