>From the VFP 8 installation disk, I'm trying to install MSDE 2000 on my Windows XP machine and receive the following error message:
>The instance name specified is invalid
>
>I then tried to run the setup using d:\sqlmsde\setup.exe instancename="xxx" from the RUN input screen and receive the following message:
>A strong SA password is required for security reasons. Please use SAPWD switch to supply the same.
>
>I then tried to run the setup using d:\sqlmsde\setup.exe instancename="xxx" | SAPWD="password from the RUN input screen and receive the following message:
>Invalid command line parameters.
>
>What am I doing wrong?

Does it work properly if you omit the | from the command?