>>>I have a system that is written in Visual Foxpro 5.0 and I am ready to set up the users PC's with this application. In our environment here, it is strongly requested to run everything from the Server. In previous versions of Fox, I could put the ESL file with the Executable and other tables, etc, and run the executable without installing anything on the users PC if it was on a Win 95 PC.
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>>>Now, I get an error message that says "Visual Foxpro cannot start. Could not load resources...". I have tried putting the VFP500.DLL with the Executable or the Windows\System directory. I'm a little baffled as to why this won't run. According to Fox documentation, it should work, unless I missed something.
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>>>This PC is a Pentium 166 with Windows 95, 32 MB Ram, just out of the box. Plenty of disk space. I don't want to run the Setup Wizard unless I have to, but if that is my only choice I will.
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>>>Does anyone know if I am missing something? I've tried it with my Config.fpw/without it, with and without my Resource file, and I always get the same thing.
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>>>Any suggestions?
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>>>Thanks in advance.
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>>>John Henry
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>>John,
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>>You also need the file VFP5ENU.DLL.
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>>HTH,
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>>James
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>Thanks a ton, its working now. Am I surprised that this wasn't in the documentation? Nah?
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>Thanks again!
I don't want to scare you, but just one thing from my own experience. I saw couple times VFP app working on workstation w/out Setup process applied, and producing unexpected crashes on seemingly accidental basis. The idea is that avoiding normal Setup, you just take chances.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant