Found my problem, it was that I wasn't including GDIPlus.DLL !

I wish the Error was more revealing about a dependency issue instead of a corrupt or invalid copy of vfp8r.dll !



>Greg;
>
>I ended up re-building my VFP8 executable. Works now. Give it a try.
>
>>Hi Michael,
>>
>>I'm having a similar problem to yours. My install goes well but when I try to run the vfp8 compiled exe it complains about an invalid or corrupt copy of vfp8r.dll
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>>I'm thinking that somehow this file did not get overwritten with a newer runtime when I installed the release version over the Beta ?
>>
>>vfp8r.dll Size Datetime
>> 4,192 kb 1/21/2003 3:32 AM
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>>
>>DOes anyone know if this is the newest runtime ?
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>I created a setup using InstallShield and included the VFP 8 Runtime merge module (which included GDI+ and msvcrt70.dll). I then ran the install on the target machine with no errors. I finally tried to run my executable and got the old 'cannot locate support library' error.
>>>>>
>>>>>I checked against http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFPRuntimeFiles and found that all the specified files exist on the target machine. I tried moving the files to the app directory - still no dice.
>>>>>
>>>>>Target machine is Win2K server. Suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone have a runtime install setup I can try?
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>Michael,
>>>>
>>>>Stupid question. :) Are you sure that your EXE is compiled and build in VFP8 ?
>>>
>>>Yes - positive. I also happen to have the VFP7 runtime installed on the target machine - so if I need to downgrade my EXE, I can.