The VFP OLE DB provider does not require the VFP runtime.


>Ken,
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>What about those systems where you only need to install vfpoledb.dll ?
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>It says in the html file accompanying the SP1 release download that a 'memory leak' problem was addressed in this SP in regard of vfpoledb.dll, so I checked the file versions.
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>Version Previous to VFP8 SP1: 8.0.0.3006
>After VFP8 SP1: 8.0.0.3117
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>So I assume there have been changes.
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>Consider this scenario: a system running a .net app, accessing vfp data by using the oledb driver installed from "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Visual FoxPro 8.0" package -version 8.0.0.3006 -.
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>If I want to run the VFP8 SP1 on that system , it won't let me go further after the initial screen because there are no vfp libraries installed.
>So, question is, should I just copy the new vfpoledb.dll replacing the existing one at "c:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\", then register the new dll using regsvr32 ?
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>Thanks in advance.